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Showing words for JERKWATER using the English dictionary
9 Letter Words for Jerkwater
jerkwater
7 Letter Words for Jerkwater
jetware, kwartje, retaker, rewater, tweaker, waterer, wreaker
6 Letter Words for Jerkwater
jarret, jerker, karree, karter, krater, rejerk, rerake, rerate, retake, retare, retear, rewake, rewear, tawkee, tearer, warree, weaker, wearer, wraker
5 Letter Words for Jerkwater
areek, arere, arete, arret, arter, aweek, eater, keawe, kerat, krewe, rakee, raker, rater, rawer, reate, retar, rewet, taker, tarre, tawer, terek, terra, terre, tewer, tweak, tweer, twere, twerk, waker, warer, water, wrate, wreak, wreat
4 Letter Words for Jerkwater
ajee, akee, aker, aret, arew, arte, awee, eker, erat, erer, erke, ewer, ewte, jake, jark, jear, jeat, jeer, jere, jerk, jert, jeta, jete, kart, keat, keet, kera, keta, rake, rare, rate, reak, rear, reek, reet, rete, take, tare, tarr, teak, tear, teer, tera, terr, tree, trek, trew, twae, twee, wake, ware, wark, wart, wate, weak, wear, week, weer, weet, weka, were, wert, weta
3 Letter Words for Jerkwater
aer, ake, are, ark, arr, art, ate, awe, awk, ear, eat, eek, eer, eke, era, ere, erk, err, ert, eta, ewe, ewk, ewt, jak, jar, jat, jaw, jee, jer, jet, jew, kae, kat, kaw, kea, ket, kra, kwa, raj, rat, raw, rea, ree, rew, rte, rtw, taj, tak, tar, taw, tea, tee, ter, tew, tra, twa, wae, war, wat, wee, wer, wet
Definitions for Jerkwater
[1] Informal . insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town.
[2] (formerly) off the main line: a jerkwater train.
[3] (formerly) a train not running on the main line.
[4] US and Canadian slang inferior and insignificant a jerkwater town
Words nearby Jerkwater
jerk around, jerk off, jerk-off, jerkin, jerkinhead, jerkwater, jerky, jerky nystagmus, jerne, jeroboam, jerold
Origin of Jerkwater
1875–80, Americanism ; jerk1 + water; so called from the jerking (i.e., drawing) of water to fill buckets for supplying a steam locomotive
Word origin for Jerkwater
C19: originally referring to railway locomotives for which water was taken on in buckets from streams along the route