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单词 yerk
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yerk

/jəːk /
(also yark /jɑːk/)
verb [with object] Scottish & Northern English
1Strike sharply, especially with a stick or whip; thrash or flog.Nine, or ten times I had thought to have yerked him here under the ribs...
  • I'll yerk the sullen Devil out of you.
  • We should yerk the yokel of a Yankee with the knout.
2Pull or push with a sudden movement.He seized the parson by the chin and ears and yerked him upwards several times....
  • He saw him knocking and yarking the horse about and swearing at it.
  • They yerked to and fro, snorting with rage and terror.

Origin

Late Middle English: imitative of a sudden movement.

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