It is known as a tablecloth pull or a tablecloth yank. Kylie blows Dylan a kiss before their parents yank them away. Elmer reaches in again and tries to yank Bugs out. While under caution, his steering wheel came off, causing him to yank a hard left. I'm some Yank who wants to make a profit out of football. He describes himself as "part Maori, Kiwi, Yank, Irish, Scottish, British, and California beach bum". He denies everything, then orders his men to yank his prostitutes from the club. The term "Yankee" or "Yank" is a synonym for "American". Yank, Doodle, Dan and Dee (a play on "Yankee Doodle dandy"). It is also called stack ranking, forced ranking, and rank and yank. The term has wider currency than the earlier derogatory term "Rangitoto Yank". Wrapped in his cloak, the Fighting Yank dies. Rumors abounded that the banks could yank Drexel's lines of credit at any time. The scheme came to be known as "rank and yank". Hence the nicknames Johnny Reb (and Billy Yank) for the participants.