jerked

This is _charqui_, or as it is called by English-speaking people "jerked beef;" in all likelihood a sailor's pseudonym, due to some slight resemblance, between the English word "jerked," and the Guarani Indian one _charqui_, as pronounced by

Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Mayne Reid 1850

Startled, Macklin jerked his head up and saw Jessica Mordente, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, standing in the doorway leading to his laundry room.

Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010

The first strikes usually are fast once a kicking shiner reaches a hovering gang of crappies; however, the tightly clustered fish may wise up after six or eight are jerked from the ranks.

Crappie Commando 2002

Yes, Bhurey Lal, he was loyal though, do you remember, he stayed up all night leaning against the fridge door because every time the train jerked the door flew open and all the food fell out?

Excerpt: Tamarind Woman by Anita Rau Badami 2002

"I'm g-glad," said Paulette; and the word jerked out of her, and my arms jerked nearly out of me.

The La Chance Mine Mystery Susan Morrow Jones

A second before the word jerked from her lips, his finger flicked off the radio switch.

Slan Van Vogt, A. E. 1946

He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.

Chapter 2 1903

He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.

Chapter 2, The Law of Club and Fang 1903

Best-selling author Neil Gaiman got a welcome surprise when an early-morning phone call jerked him out of sleep in his Los Angeles hotel room on Monday.

unknown title 2009

The last phrase jerked him out from his comfortable assumptions.

Nuke Zone Douglass, Keith 1998