To make an oinking sound.
Outside in the fog and the damp and cool air, common to County Cavan, he strode briskly along the road and when he arrived Cummings was already out and busy and the pigs—a big drove of them—were yoinking for their feed.
To hop or bounce.
Carl Solomon yoinking around so frenziedly on a pogo stick that one night he put the end of it right through the floor into the restaurant below -- and all their girls, and their friends' girls, and their friends' friends, and even nameless others who may have just heard the hubbub and walkin in the door.
To yank or snatch.
I'm sure that there is pinching, punching, eye gouging, yoinking, hair pulling and who knows what else underneath where eyes can't follow, but he comes out and hands the referee the ball and hits the line again.
An ordinary person with nothing to recommend them.
Yessir, we need you Yoinks. You're all we have, you are.
Used for emphasis or to express that one is impressed.
Back in a pool game, Lindsey comes by between shots and leans over my shoulder and whispers, "Don't look now, but that blonde girl is checking you out." YOINK!
Onomatopoeic, accompanying or describing a yank, swipe, or snatch.
Marge: But you look better, you don't sweat when you eat any more, and look – [holds up a wad of cash] You've saved more than a hundred dollars. I found it in your pants. Homer: [snatches money] Yoink!
1954. Onomatopoeic.
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