Synonyms for yerk

Most common

whip · slash · pelt · thwack · pink · thrust · twitch · pluck

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To stab (someone or something).

2. v. 2

   To strike or lash with a whip or stick.

3. v. 3

   To rouse or excite.

Related words

Other spellings

yirk

Forms

Past participle

yerked
e.g. yerked → jerked, pounded, whipped, pelted…

Example sentences

• whip I'm sure you'll whip us up something really good.
• slash The U.S. should slash its military budget in half.
• pelt He tossed his guest a question as soft as a chinchilla pelt.
• pink Tom can't remember where he bought his pink socks.
• thrust Sami has been thrust into a role he never imagined.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

hit¹, jab¹

4 letters

pink¹, jerk¹, whip¹, dash¹, poke¹, pelt¹, foin

5 letters

pound¹, slash¹, smack¹, whack¹, pluck¹, thump¹

6 letters

thrust¹, twitch¹, thwack

7 letters

quicken², lambast

8 letters

enthrill, lamblast

10 letters

exhilarate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quicken² = 2 syllables).