4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yerk  \Yerk\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Yerked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Yerking}.]  [See  {Yerk}.] 
  1.  To  throw  or  thrust  with  a  sudden,  smart  movement;  to  kick 
  or  strike  suddenly;  to  jerk. 
 
  Their  wounded  steeds  .  .  .  Yerk  out  their  armed 
  heels  at  their  dead  masters.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  strike  or  lash  with  a  whip.  [Obs.  or  Scot.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yerk  \Yerk\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  throw  out  the  heels;  to  kick;  to  jerk. 
 
  They  flirt,  they  yerk,  they  backward  .  .  .  fling. 
  --Drayton. 
 
  2.  To  move  a  quick,  jerking  motion. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yerk  \Yerk\,  n. 
  A  sudden  or  quick  thrust  or  motion;  a  jerk. 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Yerk 
 
    (After  Yerkes  Observatory)  An  {object-oriented} 
  language  based  on  a  {Forth}  {Kernel}  with  some  major 
  modifications.  It  was  originally  known  as  {Neon},  developed 
  and  sold  as  a  product  by  {Kriya  Systems}  from  1985  to  1989. 
  Several  people  at  The  {University  of  Chicago}  have  maintained 
  Yerk  since  its  demise  as  a  product.  Because  of  possible 
  trademark  conflict  they  named  it  Yerk,  which  is  not  an  acronym 
  for  anything  but  rather  stands  for  Yerkes  Observatory,  part 
  of  the  Department  of  Astronomy  and  Astrophysics  at  U  of  C. 
 
  Version  3.62. 
 
  {(ftp://oddjob.uchicago.edu/pub/Yerk/)} 
 
  E-mail:  Bob  Lowenstein  . 
 
  (1994-11-23) 
 
 

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