American's a jerk (4)

I believe the answer is:

yank

I believe this is a double definition.

'american's' is the first definition.
(Yank is an example)

'a jerk' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Other definitions for yank that I've seen before include "Jerk, pull suddenly" , "sudden 24D [DRAW] ?" , "Sharp tug" , "Unceremoniously drag" , "American from the North" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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