Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
yark . - To lash; strike smartly; beat; hence, to rouse; excite.
- To throw, thrust, or pull sharply or suddenly; jerk; move with a jerk.
- To bind or tie tightly or with a jerk.
- To lash out, as a horse; kick.
- To move with sudden jerks; jerk.
- noun A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a kick; a smart stroke; a blow. Also
yark .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
- intransitive verb To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk.
- intransitive verb To move a quick, jerking motion.
- transitive verb To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
- transitive verb Obs. or Scot. To strike or lash with a whip.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic to
stab . - noun archaic A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
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Examples
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He will keep his sorrows to himself, but the recollection of them will make him "yerk," _i. e._, writhe, or start with pain -- applied in
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At which I broke through my rule never to lift my fist to the bairn, and gave him such a yerk in the cheek with the loof of my hand, as made, I am sure, his lugs ring, and sent him dozing to the door like a peerie.
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Yes; he would lie still awhile, and then rustle in the straw, and speak sometimes as though he were King William himself, and anon he would speak in parables and tales, and if at once we saw not his meaning he would yerk us in the ribs with his scabbarded sword.
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Yes; he would lie still awhile, and then rustle in the straw, and speak sometimes as though he were King William himself, and anon he would speak in parables and tales, and if at once we saw not his meaning he would yerk us in the ribs with his scabbarded sword.
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Baglione and Oddi kissed each other; all feuds were stayed; a man might climb the black alleys of a night without any fear of a knife to yerk him
Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett
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I pull, I twis ', I yerk at dem jacket;' e yent come.
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I say me pray 'pon da' jacket; 'e is bin-a yerk loose; da' sleef 'e do tu'n.
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I pull, I twis ', I yerk at dem jacket;' e yent come.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
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I say me pray 'pon da' jacket; 'e is bin-a yerk loose; da' sleef 'e do tu'n.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
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Nachnataryan yerk (Pagan chant) 1994 - Romantic Songs (192 kbps) 01.
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