The Collaborative International Dictionary
Yerk \Yerk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yerked; p. pr. & vb. n. Yerking.] [See Yerk.]
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To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
Their wounded steeds . . . Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters.
--Shak. To strike or lash with a whip. [Obs. or Scot.]
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of yerk English)
Usage examples of "yerking".
When he clapped his hands twice in rapid succession, a large contingent of musicians began yerking out the national anthem and everyone in the room dropped to their knees—everyone except Brim and Saltash.
Long jaws clicked on emp tiness where a fraction of a second before the white face had been, and the harpy screamed hideously, yerking aside into Brian, half tumbling the knight from Blanchard's back before it's long wings caught on the ah: and beat upward once more to safety.