yanker
One who pulls
A yanker is someone or something that yanks—pulls with a sudden, sharp motion.
The word appears most often in compounds or contexts where repeated or vigorous pulling occurs: a weed yanker, a chain yanker.
To yank someone's chain is to provoke or tease them, making a chain yanker someone who enjoys getting a rise out of others.
tugger
One that pulls
gripper · dragger · snatcher · grabber · extractor · remover · plucker · tearer · ripper · twister
hook
Curved catching device
rod · line · catch · bass · trout · angler · jig · bait · snag · set
- yank your chain
- yanking aroundPulling erratically in directions
- yank someone's chainProvoke for amusement
- yanking someone's chainProvoking for amusement
- yanked aroundTreated dismissively, inconsistently
- yanked someone's chainPlayfully provoked someone