Yerk

Full definition of yerk

Verb

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

Noun

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