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Meaning of yerk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
jɜː(ɹ)k

Definitions

A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.

archaic

Equivalents

العربية الرّفسة المفاجئة

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Yerkes Yerkes-Dodson law Yerking Yerkish yermosol Yern

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