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Definition of Yankee in English: Yankeenoun ˈjaŋkiˈjæŋki 1derogatory, informal An American. Example sentencesExamples - Wipe the smarmy smirk off that damn Yankee's face tonight.
- When I ask if you would please get me a Coke, you're supposed to ask me what kind of Coke, because I could mean a Sprite or a Dr. Pepper, you Yankee.
- As the seemingly token Yankee on this here corner of the blogosphere, I almost feel it necessary for me to apologize for my northern brethren, and quite frankly for myself.
- Sistani is playing the fence, while Sadr has maintained a simple line from day one, Yankee go home.
- But if he is coming to dictate what we should do, then we will say ‘Go back home, Yankee.’
- ‘Damn Yankee,’ I spat back, a mischievous grin crossing my face.
- UPDATE: Yankee's 17-year-old son writes pretty damn well, too.
2US informal An inhabitant of New England or one of the northern states. Example sentencesExamples - Whatever the reason, Yankee is first recorded in 1765 as a name for an inhabitant of New England.
- 2.1historical A Federal soldier in the Civil War.
Example sentencesExamples - As the Roman god Janus looks in two directions, so did the homebound Yankee soldiers.
- The Civil War begins and Inman is enlisted to fight the Yankees, but after months of apparently futile heroism, he deserts, determined to make his way back to Ada.
- With their swords and muskets raised the Yankee soldier began killing every confederate soldier in sight.
- Matthew McConaughey would be perfect as Dennis, if he didn't have to play a Yankee in a civil war reenactment.
- Marly's ex-husband tells her, ‘I'm not one of these people who lives in the past,’ while wearing a Yankee civil war uniform.
- What did the Yankee soldiers think of Huntsville?
3informal A bet on four or more horses to win (or be placed) in different races. Example sentencesExamples - I had £32 running on to Hateel, the 11/8 favourite and shortest-odds horse in my Yankee, in the Listed Glorious Stakes at 3.45.
- For sheer excitement it would be hard to surpass the M.D.Betting Yankee stake final at Newbridge Friday.
Synonyms wager, stake, gamble, ante 4Sailing
A large jib set forward of a staysail in light winds. Example sentencesExamples - I went forward and lowered the staysail so that it did not blanket the wind from the small, Yankee jib.
- Far from being an isolated port, one early nineteenth-century view of Monterey harbor shows a Russian brig, a Yankee schooner, and another ship at anchor.
- Before we left Cape Town we bent on the storm mainsail and set a Yankee jib in the groove of the furling gear.
5A code word representing the letter Y, used in radio communication.
Origin Mid 18th century: origin uncertain; recorded in the late 17th century as a nickname; perhaps from Dutch Janke, diminutive of Jan 'John'. Rhymes cranky, Frankie, hanky, hanky-panky, lanky, manky, swanky Definition of Yankee in US English: YankeenounˈjæŋkiˈyaNGkē 1derogatory, informal A person who lives in, or is from, the US. Example sentencesExamples - UPDATE: Yankee's 17-year-old son writes pretty damn well, too.
- Wipe the smarmy smirk off that damn Yankee's face tonight.
- When I ask if you would please get me a Coke, you're supposed to ask me what kind of Coke, because I could mean a Sprite or a Dr. Pepper, you Yankee.
- But if he is coming to dictate what we should do, then we will say ‘Go back home, Yankee.’
- Sistani is playing the fence, while Sadr has maintained a simple line from day one, Yankee go home.
- As the seemingly token Yankee on this here corner of the blogosphere, I almost feel it necessary for me to apologize for my northern brethren, and quite frankly for myself.
- ‘Damn Yankee,’ I spat back, a mischievous grin crossing my face.
2US informal An inhabitant of New England or one of the northern states. Example sentencesExamples - Whatever the reason, Yankee is first recorded in 1765 as a name for an inhabitant of New England.
- 2.1historical A Union soldier in the Civil War.
Example sentencesExamples - As the Roman god Janus looks in two directions, so did the homebound Yankee soldiers.
- Marly's ex-husband tells her, ‘I'm not one of these people who lives in the past,’ while wearing a Yankee civil war uniform.
- With their swords and muskets raised the Yankee soldier began killing every confederate soldier in sight.
- The Civil War begins and Inman is enlisted to fight the Yankees, but after months of apparently futile heroism, he deserts, determined to make his way back to Ada.
- What did the Yankee soldiers think of Huntsville?
- Matthew McConaughey would be perfect as Dennis, if he didn't have to play a Yankee in a civil war reenactment.
3informal A bet on four or more horses to win (or be placed) in different races. Example sentencesExamples - I had £32 running on to Hateel, the 11/8 favourite and shortest-odds horse in my Yankee, in the Listed Glorious Stakes at 3.45.
- For sheer excitement it would be hard to surpass the M.D.Betting Yankee stake final at Newbridge Friday.
Synonyms wager, stake, gamble, ante 4Sailing
A large jib set forward of a staysail in light winds. Example sentencesExamples - Far from being an isolated port, one early nineteenth-century view of Monterey harbor shows a Russian brig, a Yankee schooner, and another ship at anchor.
- I went forward and lowered the staysail so that it did not blanket the wind from the small, Yankee jib.
- Before we left Cape Town we bent on the storm mainsail and set a Yankee jib in the groove of the furling gear.
5A code word representing the letter Y, used in radio communication.
Origin Mid 18th century: origin uncertain; recorded in the late 17th century as a nickname; perhaps from Dutch Janke, diminutive of Jan ‘John’. |