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Yankee The term ''Yankee'' and its contracted form ''Yank'' have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Its various senses depend on the context, and may refer to New Englanders, residents of the Northern United St ...

, a slang term, with various meanings, for someone of American origin. It is particularly used in a derogative sense, with connotations of someone from the USA who is arrogant and/or loud-mouthed.

Sports teams

Boston Yanks The Boston Yanks were a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts, that played from 1944 to 1948. The team played its home games at Fenway Park. Any games that conflicted with the Boston Red Sox baseball schedule in the Ameri ...

, a National Football League team from 1944 to 1948 *

New York Yanks The New York Yanks were an American football team that played in the National Football League under that name in the 1950 and 1951 seasons. Season by season overview 1949 The team began in 1944 as the Boston Yanks, owned by Kate Smith's manage ...

, a National Football League team in 1950 and 1951, originally the Boston Yanks *

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ...

, a Major League Baseball team nicknamed the "Yanks" * "The Yanks", a nickname for: **

United States men's national soccer team The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) represents the United States in men's international soccer competitions. The team is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and is a member of FIFA and CONCACAF. The U.S. team ha ...

United States men's national under-23 soccer team The United States U-23 men's national soccer team, also known as the United States men's Olympic soccer team, is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is qualification into and competition at the quadr ...

** United States men's national under-21 soccer team **

United States men's national under-20 soccer team The United States U-20 men's national soccer team is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. The highest level of competition in which the team competes is the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years. The United States' b ...

United States men's national under-18 soccer team The United States U-18 men's national soccer team is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. The U.S. under-18 men's national team serves as a transition for players between the under-17 and the under-20 national teams. Though the ...

United States men's national under-17 soccer team The United States U-17 men's national soccer team is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. The highest level of competition in which the team may compete is in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years. History Champ ...

United States women's national soccer team The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's Association football, soccer. The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four FIFA Women's World Cup, Wom ...

United States women's national under-23 soccer team The United States U-23 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the full Women's National Team. The team competes in a va ...

United States women's national under-20 soccer team The United States U-20 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior women's national team. The team most recentl ...

United States women's national under-17 soccer team The United States U-17 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior national team. The team's most recent major to ...

Arts and entertainment

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Yanks ''Yanks'' is a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and starring Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn and Tony Melody. The film is set during the Second World War in Northern England and features no combat scen ...

'', a 1979 film * ''

The Yank ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

'', a 2014 American comedy film by Sean Lackey * ''

Yank! ''Yank! A WWII Love Story'' is a 2005 Musical theatre, musical with book and lyrics by David Zellnik and music by his brother Joseph Zellnik, Joseph. ''Yank!'' "tells the story of Stu, a scared Midwestern kid who gets drafted for World War II in 1 ...

'', an off-Broadway play about homosexual soldiers in World War II * Yank, a 1940s comic book superhero, see

Yank & Doodle Yank & Doodle is a pair of superheroes who first appeared in the Prize Publications title ''Prize Comics'' in August 1941. They were revived by Dynamite Entertainment in the 2000s. Identical twins Rick and Dick Walters, being too young to enlist ...

* Billy Yank, a protagonist in the 1950s comic strip ''

Johnny Reb and Billy Yank ''Johnny Reb and Billy Yank'' was a Sunday comic strip drawn by Frank Giacoia from November 18, 1956, to May 24, 1959. It was one of the last full page Sunday strips. The last full page appeared on September 22, 1957. On May 18, 1958, the title ch ...

People

Yank (nickname) Yank is a nickname for: * Yank Adams (1847–1923), American professional carom billiards player specializing in finger billiards * Yank Azman (born 1947), Canadian television and movie actor * Yank Barry (born 1948), Canadian musician and busin ...

Yank Porter Yank Allen Porter (ca. 1895, Norfolk, Virginia"Yank Porter". '' Grove Jazz'' online. – March 22, 1944, New York City) was an American jazz drummer. Porter moved to New York City in 1926 and played there with Calvin Jackson until 1930. In ...

(c. 1895-1944), American jazz drummer

Other uses

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Yank, the Army Weekly ''Yank, the Army Weekly'' was a weekly magazine published by the United States military during World War II. History The idea for the magazine came from Egbert White, who had worked on the newspaper Stars and Stripes during World War I. He ...

'', a magazine for American soldiers during World War II * USS ''Yank'' (SP-908), a US Navy patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919 *

Yank (automobile) The Yank was a vehicle made by Custom Auto Works, a company based in San Diego, California, in 1950. Being what could be described as a poor man's sports car, it was an inexpensive, though rather attractive, aluminum-bodied car. It was powered by a ...

, an unsuccessful American sports car produced in 1950 * Yank, nickname for the

Queensland AC16 class locomotive The Queensland Railways AC16 class locomotive was a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways. History World War II and the occupation by Japanese forces of Pacific Islands and islands to the north of Australia saw Qu ...

* The Yank, nickname of the prototype for the

Waveney-class lifeboat The Waveney-class lifeboat was the first class of lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) capable of operating at speeds in excess of . Based on an American design, 22 saw operational service between 1964 and 1999 ...

Yanks Air Museum The Yanks Air Museum is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization and museum dedicated to exhibiting, preserving and restoring American aircraft and artifacts in order to show the evolution of American aviation, located at Chino Airport in Chino, Calif ...

, Chino, California *

Yank (physics) Classical mechanics is the branch of physics used to describe the motion of macroscopic objects. It is the most familiar of the theories of physics. The concepts it covers, such as mass, acceleration, and force, are commonly used and known. The su ...

, a unit in physics (rate of change of force per unit time) * ''Yank'', the name for the copy command in vi and the paste command in

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