† flerkv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To make a jerking movement.
ΚΠ
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 11 With sudden flerk the fatal hemp lets go The humming Flint.
Derivatives
flerk n. a jerk.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking > a jerk
spang1513
lipe1545
job1560
jert1568
abraid1570
jerk1575
flirta1592
yark1610
slip1615
flerka1653
hitch1674
toss1676
hotch1721
saccade1728
surge1748
flip1821
snatch1822
fling1826
kick1835
chuckc1843
jolt1849
a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 134 With sudden flerk the hempe I'le nowe let goe.
ˈflerking adj. jerking, twitching.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [adjective] > jerking
yarking1565
jerking1653
flerking1710
hitching1832
squibbing1895
1710 London Gaz. No. 4768/4 Stolen..Cart Mare..Saddle Backed, and a flirking Tail.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
<
v.1606