📖 Definitions of "Yerk"
noun
- 1
A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
verb
- 1
To stab.
- 2
To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
- 3
To strike or lash with a whip or stick.
- 4
To rouse or excite.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Yerk"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| girknoun | (archaic) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk. |
| sticknoun | An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. |
| kebabnoun | (British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab. |
| keaknoun | (Yorkshire) To jerk a limb or tilt the head. |
| querkenverb | (intransitive) To grunt; moan. |
| jerknoun | A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body. |
| stabnoun | An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object. |
| lirknoun | (transitive, UK dialectal) A crease; rumple; fold. |
| indartnoun | (archaic, transitive) To pierce as if with a dart. |
| yanknoun | A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force). |
| firknoun | A stroke; lash. |
| rivenoun | A place torn; a rent; a rift. |
| skewnoun | Something that has an oblique or slanted position. |
| prokenoun | (obsolete) To poke or thrust. |
| cribnoun | (US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet. |
| creasenoun | A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced. |
| yokenoun | Senses relating to a frame around the neck. |
| jerk someone's chainverb | Alternative form of yank someone's chain. [(informal, idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting.] |
| jarpnoun | (Cumbria, Ireland, Northumberland, Yorkshire, games) The act of knocking one's pace egg (“a coloured hard-boiled egg traditionally made at Easter”) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact, an Easter custom in many countries. |
| kecknoun | (dialectal) The cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris). |
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