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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

YERKING, ppr. Thrusting with a quick spring.

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.]