jerkwater — adj. [from jerk + water, a place where it is necessary to draw (jerk) water to supply the boiler of a steam engine.] 1. small and remote and insignificant; as, a jerkwater college. Syn: one horse, pokey, poky. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Railroads) Off the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jerkwater — ☆ jerkwater [jʉrk′wôt΄ər ] n. [ JERK1 + WATER: prob. in reference to pulling the valve on the water tank to fill the engine boiler] a train on an early branch railroad adj. Informal small, unimportant, etc. [a jerkwater town] … English World dictionary
jerkwater — adjective Etymology: from jerkwater rural train Date: 1888 1. remote and unimportant < jerkwater towns > 2. trivial … New Collegiate Dictionary
jerkwater — /jerrk waw teuhr, wot euhr/, adj. 1. Informal. insignificant and out of the way: a jerkwater town. 2. (formerly) off the main line: a jerkwater train. n. 3. (formerly) a train not running on the main line. [1875 80, Amer.; JERK1 + WATER; so… … Universalium
jerkwater — mod. backwoodsy; insignificant. (See also one horse town.) □ I’m from a little jerkwater town in the Midwest. □ He’s sort of the jerkwater type … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
jerkwater — 1. noun /ˈdʒɚk.wɑ.tɚ/ A train on a branch line. […] by bailing from near streams with buckets, (the brake man called this operation jerking water) and from this the road gets its name of jerkwater road. 2. adjective /ˈdʒɚk.wɑ.tɚ/ Of an inhabited… … Wiktionary
jerkwater — jerk|wa|ter [ dʒɜrk,wɔtər ] adjective AMERICAN INFORMAL a jerkwater place is far from big cities and has nothing interesting or exciting happening in it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
jerkwater — A combination of jerk and backwater. Used to describe someone or something that is stupid and jerky. I gotta get out of this jerkwater town. Used at: http://www.myentireass.com/forum/1021016933,78386,.shtml … Dictionary of american slang
jerkwater — A combination of jerk and backwater. Used to describe someone or something that is stupid and jerky. I gotta get out of this jerkwater town. Used at: http://www.myentireass.com/forum/1021016933,78386,.shtml … Dictionary of american slang
jerkwater — adj American remote, insignificant. This expression does not, as is often thought, have any implication of urination or masturba tion. It derives from the rural American practice of stopping trains in remote country areas to take on water, by… … Contemporary slang
