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Yerk v. t. (past & past part. yerked; pres. part. yerking)

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."

To strike or lash with a whip. (Obs. or Scot.)

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Etymology of 'Yerk'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Yerk" Quotes from Famous Books

... Fra Roberto, held absolute rule over body and soul. For the moment 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 (the Ancient's word) under the ribs or noose round his neck to swing him up to the archway withal. So Catherine brought back Boniface (and much trouble) from Avignon, and Da Lecce wrote out a new constitution for some rock-bound hive of the hills, whose crowd wailing in ...

— Earthwork Out Of Tuscany • Maurice Hewlett

... princes—woe the while!— Lie drown'd and soak'd in mercenary blood; So do our vulgar drench their peasant limbs In blood of princes; and their wounded steeds Fret fetlock deep in gore, and with wild rage Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters, Killing them twice. O, give us leave, great King, To view the field in safety, and dispose ...

— The Life of King Henry V • William Shakespeare [Tudor edition]