sudden+pull

  • 31yank — I. verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1822 intransitive verb to pull on something with a quick vigorous movement transitive verb 1. to pull or extract with a quick vigorous movement 2. to remove in or as if in an abrupt manner < yanked the&#8230; …

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  • 32jerk — Synonyms and related words: SOB, anhydrate, ass, asshole, backslide, bastard, blast freeze, bob, bobble, boob, booby, bounce, bowl, brine, bugger, bump, cast, catapult, chuck, chump, chunk, cock, corn, creep, cure, dart, dash, dehydrate,&#8230; …

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  • 33hitch — 1 verb 1 (I, T) informal to ask for a free ride from the drivers of passing cars by putting your hand out with your thumb raised; hitchhike (+ across/around/to): They hitched all the way across Europe. | hitch a ride with sb: We hitched a ride&#8230; …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34Jerk — Jerk, n. [1913 Webster] 1. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion. [1913 Webster] His jade gave him a jerk. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden start or spring. [1913 Webster] Lobsters . . . swim backwards by …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 35physical jerks — Jerk Jerk, n. [1913 Webster] 1. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion. [1913 Webster] His jade gave him a jerk. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden start or spring. [1913 Webster] Lobsters . . . swim&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36Nursemaid's elbow — Classification and external resources Capsule of elbow joint (distended). Anterior aspect. (Nursemaid s elbow involves the head of radius slipping out from the anular ligament of radius.) ICD 10 …

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  • 37hitch — 1. noun /hɪtʃ/ a) A sudden pull. His truck sported a heavy duty hitch for his boat. b) Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope . See . The banquet went off without a hitch. (Meaning the banquet went&#8230; …

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  • 38hitch — Synonyms and related words: acute pain, amble, arrange a match, articulate, attach, barge, batten, batten down, bed, bed down, bite, block, blockade, bob, bolt, boring pain, bottleneck, bowl along, break, bridle, brush, buckle, bundle, butt,&#8230; …

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  • 39start — Synonyms and related words: A, activate, advance, advantage, aid, allowance, alpha, arise, assistance, attack, avoid, backing, base, basis, be off, be startled, beat, beget, begin, beginning, beginnings, birth, blanch, blast away, blast off,&#8230; …

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  • 40yank — Synonyms and related words: bob, clutch, evulse, flick, flip, flirt, flounce, grab, hitch, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, lug, lurch, pluck, pull, snake, snap, snatch, start, sudden pull, tear, tug, tweak, twitch, vellicate …

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