yerk
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Is yerk a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive, archaic) To stab (someone or something).Examples: "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."Synonyms: foin, speet, chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foinarchaictransitive
2. (obsolete, Scotland) To strike or lash with a whip or stick.Synonyms: slash, whipScotlandobsolete
3. (obsolete, Scotland) To rouse or excite.Synonyms: exhilarate, quicken, animate, awaken, electrify, enflame, enkindle, enthrillScotlandobsolete
noun (English)
1. (archaic) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.Examples: "Imagine twenty thouſand of them breaking into the midſt of an European Army, confounding the Ranks, overturning the Carriages, battering the Warriors Faces into Mummy, by terrible Yerks from their hinder Hoofs."archaic
Definition source: Wiktionary