yerk[verb]Synonyms: whip, flagellate, flog, hide, lash, lather, scourge, stripe, thrash, whale
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
yerk verb & noun.
[jǝ:k] Now chiefly
Scot. &
dial. Also yark
[jɑ:k].
LME.[Origin uncertain: perh. partly imit. Cf. JERK verb1, noun1.]A. verb.
1. verb trans. & intrans. Orig., sew (shoes or leather) tightly. Now also, bind (something) tightly with cords; tie firmly together.
LME.2. verb trans. Strike smartly, esp. with a rod or whip; slap, flog, lash. Now
rare.
E16.3. verb trans. Pull, push, or throw with a sudden movement; wrench, tug; toss, jerk.
M16.4. a. verb intrans. Lash or strike
out with the heels, kick.
M16.b. verb trans. Move (some part of the body) with a jerk or twitch;
esp. (of a horse) lash out with (the heels).
L16.5. verb trans. Rouse, stir up, excite.
L16.b. verb intrans. Nag, carp
at.
E17.6. verb intrans. Esp. of an animal: spring or rise suddenly.
E17.7. verb trans. Utter abruptly; rattle off, strike up, (a song etc.).
E17.8. verb intrans. Engage eagerly in something.
M18.b. noun.
1. A smart blow or stroke; the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a thud.
E16.2. An act (of a horse) of lashing out with the heels; an abrupt movement, a jerk, a twitch.
L16.3. A throbbing feeling, a twitching sensation.
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