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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

YERK, v.t. To throw or thrust with a sudden smart spring; as, horses yerk their heels.
YERK, n. A sudden or quick thrust or motion.

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to bind tightly Date: circa 1520 1. dialect to beat vigorously ; thrash 2. dialect to attack or excite vigorously ; goad II. noun Date: 1581 1. Scottish a lashing out ; kick 2. dialect jerk 1

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Yerk Yerk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yerked; p. pr. & vb. n. Yerking.] [See Yerk.] 1. 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. --Shak. 2. To strike or lash with a whip. [Obs. or Scot.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Yerk Yerk, v. i. 1. To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk. They flirt, they yerk, they backward . . . fling. --Drayton. 2. To move a quick, jerking motion.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Yerk Yerk, n. A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Jerk, twitch, pull suddenly. II. n. Jerk, twitch.