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yerking


Meanings
  • Verb or Adjective

    A jerky or spasmodic movement or sound.

    - "The monkey made yerking noises as it reached for the banana."
    - "The patient's body jerked uncontrollably during the seizure."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with yerking
herking , jerking , perking
Variants
List of all variants of yerking that leads to same result
yerk , yerked , yerking , yerks
Etymology
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Originally derived from the onomatopoeic imitation of a jerky movement or sound.


Trivia
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  1. The term 'yerking' is often used in medical contexts to describe tics or spasms.

  2. The term 'yerking' is also used in primatology to describe the vocalizations made by some monkeys.


Related Concepts
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  1. Tics: Yerking is a type of tic, which is an involuntary and repetitive movement or sound.


How to Memorize "yerking"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a monkey making quick, jerky movements or a person making a spasmodic sound.

  2. associate

    - Associate yerking with jerky movements or sounds.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic by remembering the 'Y' sound in 'yerking' represents jerky movements or sounds.


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