Words that rhyme with yankees

adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky]

n 1: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts [syn: candy, confect] v 1: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn: sugarcoat, glaze, candy]

adj 1: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail [syn: crank, cranky, tender, tippy] 2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy]

n 1: the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 2: domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn [syn: domestic ass, donkey, Equus asinus]

n 1: a coil of rope or wool or yarn

n 1: a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory [syn: handkerchief, hankie, hanky, hankey]

adj 1: tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man" [syn: gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy] 2: tall and thin [syn: gangling, gangly, lanky]

n 1: any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians) 2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag] v 1: play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" [syn: tamper, fiddle, monkey] 2: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" [syn: putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around]

v 1: express gratitude or show appreciation to [syn: thank, give thanks]

n 1: an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) [syn: Yankee, Yank, Northerner] 2: an American (especially to non-Americans) [syn: Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle] v 1: pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open" [syn: yank, jerk]

n 1: a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast