Jerkwater Definition

jûrkwôtər, -wŏtər
adjective
Being or appropriate to a small, remote, unimportant community or region.
A jerkwater town.
Webster's New World
Contemptibly trivial.
Jerkwater notions.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
A train on an early branch railroad.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Jerkwater

Noun

Singular:
jerkwater
Plural:
jerkwaters

Origin of Jerkwater

  • 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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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