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    jerkwater
    /ˈdʒəːkˌwɔːtə/

    adjective

    • 1. of or associated with small, remote, and insignificant rural settlements: informal North American "some jerkwater town"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › jerkwaterJerkwater Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : remote and unimportant. jerkwater towns. 2. : trivial. Did you know? We owe the colorful Americanism "jerkwater" to the invention of the steam engine - an advancement that significantly accelerated travel by rail but also had its drawbacks.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishJERKWATER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    JERKWATER definition: 1. used to describe a place that is small, not important, and a long way from other places: 2…. Learn more.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › jerkwaterJERKWATER Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    Jerkwater definition: insignificant and out-of-the-way. See examples of JERKWATER used in a sentence.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › jerkwaterJerkwater - definition of jerkwater by The Free Dictionary

    1. Remote, small, and insignificant: a jerkwater town. 2. Contemptibly trivial: jerkwater notions. [From jerkwater, a branch-line train, so called because its small boiler had to be refilled often, requiring train crews to "jerk" or draw water from streams.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  6. www.oed.com › dictionary › jerkwater_adjjerkwater, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    What does the word jerkwater mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word jerkwater. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English. See meaning & use. How common is the word jerkwater? Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.

  7. www.yourdictionary.com › jerkwaterJerkwater Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    Being or appropriate to a small, remote, unimportant community or region. A jerkwater town. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Contemptibly trivial. Jerkwater notions. American Heritage. Synonyms: poky. pokey. one-horse. noun. A train on an early branch railroad. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Advertisement.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › jerkwaterJerkwater - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    IPA guide. Definitions of jerkwater. adjective. small and remote and insignificant. synonyms: one-horse, pokey, poky. provincial. characteristic of the provinces or their people.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishJERKWATER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    adjective. US and Canadian slang. inferior and insignificant. a jerkwater town. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C19: originally referring to railway locomotives for which water was taken on in buckets from streams along the route.

  10. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › jerkwaterjerkwater - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · jerkwater (comparative more jerkwater, superlative most jerkwater) (US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.

  11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › jerkwaterJerkwater Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    JERKWATER meaning: used to describe a small town, village, etc., that is out in the country far from cities.