Definition of Jerker
1. Noun. Someone who gives a strong sudden pull.
Definition of Jerker
1. n. A beater.
Definition of Jerker
1. Noun. A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus). ¹
2. Noun. Someone or something that jerks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jerker
1. one that jerks [n -S] - See also: jerks
Medical Definition of Jerker
1.
1. A beater.
2. One who jerks or moves with a jerk.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerker
Literary usage of Jerker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
""Jerk" and "jerker" are in every way exact synonyms for "sling" and " slinger,"
eg, a beer- jerker. Beeswax (common), poor, soft cheese, sometimes called ..."
2. Report of the Royal Commission on the Mineral Resources of Ontario, and by Ontario (1890)
"When we had large wells we would abandon *a well that produced only five or The
jerker «ii barrels a day ; now the man^ who gets a well of that kind is ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1900)
"Each lug carries two »riat pins for connecting the jerker rods. The wheels havs
a reciprocating motion imparted to them, swinging through an arc long enough ..."
4. Report by Ontario Dept. of Mines (1900)
"Each lug carries two wrist pins for connecting the jerker rods. The wheels hav •
a reciprocating motion imparted to them, swinging through an arc long ..."
5. Oil Production Methods by Paul McClary Paine, Benjamin Kendrick Strowd, William Francis Sampson (1913)
"Holes are bored in the outer flanges of the latter, to which the jerker, ...
The jerker-line is pulled a distance corresponding to the throw of the ..."
6. History of the Brocklesby Hounds, 1700-1901 by George E. Collins (1902)
"Frater, Phaeton, Furrier, jerker, and Pompey were the principal sires in 1758,
and there was also a litter by jerker out of Mr. ..."
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