different between zerk vs yerk

English

Etymology

After Austrian-born American inventor Oscar U. Zerk.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /z?k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /z??k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Noun

zerk (plural zerks)

1. A grease nipple.
   • 2005, Roger Welsch, From Tinkering to Torquing, page 99,

     The moral is, if you don't keep grease in those zerks, you're going to be replacing some expensive parts. To grease through a zerk, you simply push the business end of a grease gun onto the zerk—it will pop right on with a little pressure—and work the handle until a bit of grease can be seen oozing out of the joint you are lubricating.

   • 2007, Jim Allen, Jeep 4X4 Performance Handbook, page 97,

     A lot depends on which type of greaseable U-joint we are talking about. There are two basic types, those that have a zerk fitting at the center of the cross and those that are drilled but have the zerk in the cap. A tiny hole drilled down the center of a U-joint has no effect on strength but a zerk at the cross does.

   • 2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Service: Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, 5th Edition, page 206,

     Figure 14.12 Wipe off the end of a zerk fitting before attaching the grease gun.

Anagrams

• Rezk

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?erk/

Pronoun

zerk

1. ergative indefinite of zer; what

Usage notes

See nork.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sarc, serc, from Vulgar Latin *sarcus, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sarkophágos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?rk/
• Hyphenation: zerk
• Rhymes: -?rk

Noun

zerk m (plural zerken, diminutive zerkje n)

1. gravestone, headstone

Synonyms

• grafsteen

Derived terms

• grafzerk

References

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• zerik

Noun

zerk f

1. yolk

See also

• zerde f
• zerdik f
• zere f
• zerik f

English

Etymology

From Middle English ?erken (“to move suddenly, excite, bind tightly, attack”), from Old English ?earcian (“to prepare, make ready”), compare ?earc (“active, quick”), from Proto-Germanic *garwak?n? (“to prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?reb?- (“to grab, take”). Cognate with jerk; see yare for more cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??(?)k/

Verb

yerk (third-person singular simple present yerks, present participle yerking, simple past and past participle yerked)

1. (archaic) to stab.
   • c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello^wikisource

     I lack iniquity / Sometimes to do me service: nine or ten times / I had thought to have yerk’d him here, under the ribs.

2. To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
   • 1627, Michael Drayton, The Moone Calfe

     They flirt, they yerk, they backward […] fling.
3. (obsolete, Scotland) To strike or lash with a whip or stick.
4. (obsolete, Scotland) To rouse or excite.
5. To bind or tie with a jerk.

Noun

yerk (plural yerks)

1. (archaic) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.

Anagrams

• Krey, Kyer