English Explanatory Dictionary

jerk water

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fill a steam locomotive water tank manually from natural water supplies (a hypothetical process whose use has been discredited).
  2. To scoop water from a track pan mounted on the tracks directly into a steam engine's tank without stopping.
adj
  1. Of inhabited places, small, insignificant, isolated, backwards

Word forms

jerk water jerks water jerking water jerked water more jerk water most jerk water

Derived words

jerkwater jerk-water
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