Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
YERK
Etymology
Verb
yerk (third-person singular simple present yerks, present participle yerking, simple past and past participle yerked)
(archaic) to stab.
To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
(obsolete, Scotland) To strike or lash with a whip or stick.
(obsolete, Scotland) To rouse or excite.
To bind or tie with a jerk.
Noun
yerk (plural yerks)
(archaic) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
Anagrams
• Krey, Kyer
Source: Wiktionary
Yerk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yerked; p. pr. & vb. n. Yerking.] Etym: [See Yerk.]
1. 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.
2. To strike or lash with a whip. [Obs. or Scot.]
Yerk, v. i.
1. To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk. They flirt, they yerk, they backward . . . fling. Drayton.
2. To move a quick, jerking motion.
Yerk, n.
Definition: A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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