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Yerk vs Erk - What's the difference?

yerk | erk |

As a verb yerk

is (archaic) to stab.

As a noun yerk

is (archaic) a sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.

As a proper noun erk is

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yerk

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (archaic) to stab.
  • *circa 1603, :
    • I lack iniquity / Sometimes to do me service: nine or ten times / I had thought to have yerk’d him here, under the ribs.
  • To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
  • * Drayton
    • They flirt, they yerk , they backward fling.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Their wounded steeds / Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters.
  • (obsolete, Scotland) To strike or lash with a whip.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.

    • erk

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang) a member of the groundcrew in the RAF.

    • Etymology 2

    Interjection

    (en-intj)
  • Expressing trepidation; eek.
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