Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jerk-water

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables: jerk-wa-ter
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branch line train, using light equipment

Derogatory

adj

Of an inhabited place, small, isolated, backward.

American usage; Colloquial; Derogatory

adj

Railroads with low traffic.

American usage; Colloquial; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"The mail was brought by a tiny "jerk-water" bobtail dummy and coach run by one, Tony, from Pearl City, a mile away, to a station near the end of the peninsula."
"That seems to disappoint them, for every sociologist likes to go back to some jerk-water college and tell those who are in the sociological class how they had to get their information by pantomime.""
"He had risen to the head of the greatest street car system in the world from the position of brakeman on a jerk-water railroad."
"Can the keen-minded Mr. Willard at Baltimore be more anxious than the keen-minded Mr. Rea at Philadelphia to undertake the management of jerk-water branches in Connecticut or in Rhode Island or down on Cape Cod ?"

Usage

Inflected Forms

jerk-waters (plural) more jerk-water (comparative) most jerk-water (superlative)

Phrases

jerk water

Frequently Paired Words

jerk water jerkwater

Synonyms

See: Thesaurus:remote place

Questions

What does jerk-water mean?: A branch line train, using light equipment

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