jerk-water
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
jerk-water
noun jerk-waters
- A branch line train, using light equipment The mail was brought by a tiny "jerk-water" bobtail dummy and coach run by one, Tony, from Pearl City, a mile away, to a station near the end of the peninsula.
adjective more jerk-water · most jerk-water
- Of an inhabited place, small, isolated, backward. That seems to disappoint them, for every sociologist likes to go back to some jerk-water college and tell those who are in the sociological class how they had to get their information by pantomime."
- Railroads with low traffic. He had risen to the head of the greatest street car system in the world from the position of brakeman on a jerk-water railroad.
Similar: See: Thesaurus:remote place
Thesaurus
adjective
Similar: See: Thesaurus:remote place
Talk about this word "jerk-water." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jerk-water. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jerk-water. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jerk-water "jerk-water." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jerk-water.Cite this
@misc{jerk_water_2026,
title = {jerk-water},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jerk-water},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
