Usually means: Strike or thrust vigorously, quickly.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. yerk: Merriam-Webster
  2. yerk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. yerk: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Yerk, yerk: Wordnik
  5. yerk: Wiktionary
  6. yerk: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Yerk: Dictionary.com
  8. Yerk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. yerk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Yerk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. yerk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. yerk: FreeDictionary.org
  13. yerk: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. Yerk: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Yerk: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Yerk: Netlingo
  3. Yerk: Encyclopedia

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Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. yerk: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Yerk: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (yerk)

verb:  (transitive, archaic) To stab (someone or something).
verb:  To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
verb:  (obsolete, Scotland) To strike or lash with a whip or stick.
verb:  (obsolete, Scotland) To rouse or excite.
verb:  To bind or tie with a jerk.
noun:  (archaic) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.

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