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Yerk
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk. Their wounded steeds . . . Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters. Shak.
2. To strike or lash with a whip. [Obs. or Scot.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk. They flirt, they yerk, they backward . . . fling. Drayton.
2. To move a quick, jerking motion.