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jerkle

jerkle verb: to move with repeated jerks.

Verb

jerkle (third-person singular simple present jerkles, present participle jerkling, simple past and past participle jerkled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To move with repeated jerks.
    • A sad tear jerkled down the side of his nose, hesitated a moment, gathered itself bitterly together, and in utter dejection let go all holds and dashed itself to pieces on the floor.1917, The Black Cat, volume 23, page 12
    • […] while moulting, particularly when its neck lost many of the feathers, bare places being visible here and there, it seemed unable to swallow, and shook its food out of its bill with a jerkling motion of the head; […]2005, James A. Murray (F.S.A.L.), The Avifauna of the Island of Ceylon

Forms of jerkle

third-person singular presentjerkles
present participlejerkling
past participlejerkled
pastjerkled

Origin of jerkle

From jerk + -le.

Questions about jerkle

What does jerkle mean?
Jerkle means to move with repeated jerks.
What part of speech is jerkle?
Jerkle is a verb.
What is the past tense of jerkle?
The past tense of jerkle is jerkled.

Words near jerkle in the dictionary

  1. jerkish
  2. jerkishly
  3. jerkishness
  4. jerkism
  5. jerkitude
  6. jerkle
  7. jerkled
  8. jerkles
  9. jerkless
  10. jerklike
  11. jerkling

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