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jerque

jerque verb: to search (a ship) for unentered goods.

Verb

jerque (third-person singular simple present jerques, present participle jerquing, simple past and past participle jerqued)

  1. (UK, historical, transitive) To search (a ship) for unentered goods.

Forms of jerque

third-person singular presentjerques
present participlejerquing
past participlejerqued
pastjerqued

Questions about jerque

What does jerque mean?
Jerque means to search (a ship) for unentered goods.
What part of speech is jerque?
Jerque is a verb.
What is the past tense of jerque?
The past tense of jerque is jerqued.

Words near jerque in the dictionary

  1. Jeronimos
  2. Jeronymite
  3. Jeronymites
  4. jeropiga
  5. jeropigas
  6. jerque
  7. jerqued
  8. jerquer
  9. jerquers
  10. jerques
  11. jerquing

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