Sekirov Dictionary

yerk

/jɜː(ɹ)k/

verb 5
noun 1
forms 3

verb5

•
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. — 1599
To bind or tie with a jerk.
•
(no longer used) To stab (someone or something).
- To doe no contriu'd mur[t]her; I lacke iniquity / Sometimes to do me seruice: nine or ten times, / I had thought to haue ierk'd him here, / Vnder the ribbes. — 1603
(Scotland, no longer used) To strike or lash with a whip or stick.
(Scotland, no longer used) To rouse or excite.

noun1

(no longer used) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.

forms

yerked · yerking · yerks

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