jerker
IPA: dʒˈɝkɝ
noun
- A North American river chub, a hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus).
- Someone or something that jerks.
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Examples of "jerker" in Sentences
- It's a tear jerker, with some comedy relief.
- Thereafter the film is a maudlin tear jerker.
- I used to have one, and it was a tear jerker.
- I'm cutting any emotional tear jerker crap on sight.
- It was a tear jerker, sure, but not hard to understand.
- His final scene on the staircase is a real tear jerker.
- It's a real tear jerker that gets back to the basics of music.
- A version of the upright jerker is used for capital punishment in Iran.
- Intended to replace hangings, the upright jerker did not see widespread use.
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