Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 15 compound words that contain yankee. The most common are listed below. Open yankee in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- Yankee HillA census-designated place in Butte County, California, United States.
- Yankee WhiteAn intensive background check carried out on employees who will have sensitive work in the Department of Defense or with the President and Vice President.
- Yankee DoodleA song or nursery rhyme about colonial Americans, later adopted as a patriotic song of the United States.
- Yankee dimeA kiss.
- Yankee swapSynonym of white elephant exchange: A party game involving the exchange of amusing and impractical gifts. On each turn, the current player can either unwrap the next gift or "steal" an existing unwrapped gift from another player.
- Yankee landThe United States.
- Swamp YankeeAn American with English colonial ancestry from rural Rhode Island or nearby eastern Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts.
- Yankee screwdriverA spiral ratcheting screwdriver.
- Yankee ingenuityImprovisational design or problem-solving, dealing with low availability of replacement parts and materials.
- damn YankeeA person from the northern United States (a Yankee) who moves to the South to reside there.
- Yankee tunesmithOne of a group of self-taught composers active in New England from 1770 until about 1810.
- Yankee tunesmithsplural of Yankee tunesmith: One of a group of self-taught composers active in New England from 1770 until about 1810.
- Yankee ThanksgivingSynonym of American Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving Day, an American holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
- Yankee beanSynonym of navy bean: A white bean of a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
- Yankee beansplural of Yankee bean: A white bean of a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
- Yankee cheeseAn early form of cheese made by New Englanders, resembling cheddar.
- Yankee footballSynonym of American football: A team sport similar to rugby football, played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
- Yankee swapsplural of Yankee swap: A party game involving the exchange of amusing and impractical gifts. On each turn, the current player can either unwrap the next gift or "steal" an existing unwrapped gift from another player.
- Yankee dimesplural of Yankee dime: A kiss.
- Yankee screwdriversplural of Yankee screwdriver: A spiral ratcheting screwdriver.
- Yankee Doodlesplural of Yankee Doodle: A song or nursery rhyme about colonial Americans, later adopted as a patriotic song of the United States.
- Yankee cheese-boxThe USS Monitor, USS Montauk and similar American Civil War-era ironclad ships.
- Yankee cheese-boxesplural of Yankee cheese-box: The USS Monitor, USS Montauk and similar American Civil War-era ironclad ships.
Compound words 15
- YankeetownA town in Levy County, Florida, United States.
- YankifyTo render (someone or something) American.
- YankeedomThe region inhabited by Yankees.
- YankeeismAn American word, phrase or custom; an Americanism.
- YankeelandAlternative spelling of Yankee land: The United States.
- YankeefyTo make Yankee.
- YankeeizationThe process of Yankeeizing.
- YankeeizeTo make Yankee.
- YankeenessThe quality of being Yankee.
- YankeeseThe American dialect of English.