rejerkv.
/ˌriːˈdʒəːk/, U.S. /riˈdʒərk/ transitive. To jerk (something) again or back; to cause to change direction suddenly. Also with adverb and prepositional phrase.
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1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 128 Smarter then Racquets in a Court re-ierk Balls 'gainst the Walls of the black-boorded house.
1662 A. Brome Rump (new ed.) 178 It was it self Re-jerk'd, by the sage Author of this Speech.
1840 Methodist Mag. & Q. Rev. (U.S.) 22 310 He..shakes out the type, closes the box, re-fills it, re-jerks it into the air, re-opens it... Each workman can create from four hundred to five hundred types an hour.
1877 J. M. Beard K.K.K. Sketches x. 102 But, to rejerk to de subjec' in han'.
1990 Washington Times (Nexis) 22 Aug. b1 Principals and teachers have been jerked around and rejerked around.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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