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jerk
verb
to tow a disabled car home with the help of a neighbour CANADA- A “jerk” is the horse-era version of a tow. The term may still be heard in rural areas, applied to the rescue of broken-down cars. — Chris Thain, Cold as a Bay Street Banker’s Heart, p. 93, 1987
▶ jerk the chicken
of a male, to masturbate UK- [A] final dash to my bedroom and it’s a trawl through the pages as I jerk the chicken. Nearly four minutes later, it’s all over! — The FHM Little Book of Bloke, p. 61, June 2003
▶ jerk the gherkin
of a male, to masturbate UK- Perkins was furkin’ jerkin’ his gherkin — George Forwood, 1962
- [A] last tomato...a slice of ham...some sugar for the ants...couldn’t make it to the goats...a last jerk of the gherkin...just in case...you never know...I’d like to die erect[.] — Jack Hibberd, A Stretch of the Imagination, p. 35, 1971
- [W]hile the other bastards are busy getting the dirty waters off their chests [having sex] a bloke like me runs the risk of goin’ blind jerkin’ the gerkin [sic]!!! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- Spanking the monkey. Flogging the bishop. Choking the chicken. Jerking the gherkin. — American Beauty, 1999
- “The boy is masturbating” [...] Jerking the gerkin[.] — Erica Orloff and JoAnn Baker, Dirty Little Secrets, p. 65, 2001
▶ jerk the turk; jerk your turkey
of a male, to masturbate UK
It is said of a man’s genitalia that when shaved it resembles “a plucked turkey hanging in a shop” yet this appears to be a lone instance of a “turkey” used as a “penis”; “turk”, an abbreviation of “turkey”, is a convenient rhyme for “jerk” which describes the physical action.- — A.D. Peterkin, The Bald-Headed Hermit & the Artichoke, p. 89, 1999
▶ jerk your chain
to mislead someone US- “Come on, willya please, Mr. Struve . . . quit jerking my chain.” — Emmett Grogan, Final Score, p. 166, 1976
▶ jerk your mutton
to masturbate UK, 1984
“Mutton” (penis) dates from the C16 and is now obsolete except in uses such as this and “mutton bayonet”, “mutton dagger”; “mutton” (vagina) dates from the same period: subsequent usages are as “a woman or women”, “a promiscuous woman”, “a prostitute” and the surviving “mutton dressed as lamb”. |