yankee
IPA: jˈæŋki
Root Word: Yankee
noun
- (chiefly outside the US) A native or inhabitant of the United States.
- (chiefly Southern US) A native or inhabitant of the Northern United States.
- (chiefly Northern US) A native or inhabitant of New England.
- (chiefly southern Louisiana) An Anglo, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; a native or inhabitant of the rest of the United States.
- (nautical) A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay. Unlike a genoa it does not fill the whole fore triangle, but is set in combination with the working staysail.
- (baseball) A player for the New York Yankees.
- A wager on four selections, consisting of 11 separate bets: six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold accumulator. A minimum two selections must win to gain a return.
- (American Civil War) Someone on the Union side.
- (nautical) A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Yankee from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- Obsolete form of Yankee. [(chiefly outside the US) A native or inhabitant of the United States.]
verb
- (dated, slang, US, Canada, sometimes offensive) to cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent something