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PRONUNCIATION OF JERKINHEAD

jerkinhead  [ˈdʒɜːkɪnˌhɛd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JERKINHEAD

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jerkinhead is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JERKINHEAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

jerkinhead

Hip roof

A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on houses could have two triangular sides and two trapezoidal ones. A hip roof on a rectangular plan has four faces. They are almost always at the same pitch or slope, which makes them symmetrical about the centerlines. Hip roofs have a consistent level fascia, meaning that a gutter can be fitted all around. Hip roofs often have dormer slanted sides.

Definition of jerkinhead in the English dictionary

The definition of jerkinhead in the dictionary is a type of roof consisting of a shortened hip section that meets a truncated gable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JERKINHEAD


arrowhead
ˈærəʊˌhɛd
bonehead
ˈbəʊnˌhɛd
dragonhead
ˈdræɡənˌhɛd
forkhead
ˈfɔːkˌhɛd
fountainhead
ˈfaʊntɪnˌhɛd
Gateshead
ˈɡeɪtsˌhɛd
greenhead
ˈɡriːnˌhɛd
Holyhead
ˈhɒlɪˌhɛd
letterhead
ˈlɛtəˌhɛd
maidenhead
ˈmeɪdənˌhɛd
masthead
ˈmɑːstˌhɛd
muttonhead
ˈmʌtənˌhɛd
overhead
ˈəʊvəˌhɛd
pinhead
ˈpɪnˌhɛd
printhead
ˈprɪntˌhɛd
redhead
ˈrɛdˌhɛd
skinhead
ˈskɪnˌhɛd
spearhead
ˈspɪəˌhɛd
Whitehead
ˈwaɪtˌhɛd
woodenhead
ˈwʊdənˌhɛd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JERKINHEAD

jerk
jerk off
jerk someone´s chain
jerker
jerkier
jerkiest
jerkily
jerkin
jerkiness
jerking
jerkingly
jerks
jerkwater
jerkwater town
jerky
jeroboam
Jerome
jerque
jerquer
jerreed

WORDS THAT END LIKE JERKINHEAD

against the head
ahead
Birkenhead
bulkhead
cylinder head
flathead
forehead
get ahead
go ahead
go-ahead
head
head-to-head
hit the nail on the head
knock on the head
on one´s head
read-write head
shower head
the go-ahead
unhead
Windsor and Maidenhead

Synonyms and antonyms of jerkinhead in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jerkinhead» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JERKINHEAD

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Translator English - Chinese

jerkinhead
1,325 millions of speakers

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jerkinhead
570 millions of speakers

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jerkinhead
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

jerkinhead
380 millions of speakers
ar

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jerkinhead
280 millions of speakers

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jerkinhead
278 millions of speakers

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jerkinhead
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jerkinhead
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jerkinhead
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Jerkinhead
190 millions of speakers

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jerkinhead
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

jerkinhead
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Translator English - Korean

jerkinhead
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jerkinhead
85 millions of speakers
vi

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jerkinhead
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

jerkinhead
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जेरकिनहेड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

jerkinhead
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

jerkinhead
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jerkinhead
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

jerkinhead
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jerkinhead
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

jerkinhead
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jerkinhead
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

jerkinhead
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jerkinhead
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jerkinhead

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JERKINHEAD»

The term «jerkinhead» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.747 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JERKINHEAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jerkinhead

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JERKINHEAD»

Discover the use of jerkinhead in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jerkinhead and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Building the National Parks: Historic Landscape Design and ...
The jerkinhead gable, used extensively at Sekon Lodge in the Adirondacks, had its origins in the country architecture of southern Germany. The use of the jerkinhead gable suggests shelter, brings buildings closer to the ground, and adds the ...
Linda Flint McClelland, 1998
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Manual of First and Second Fixing Carpentry
12.2.5 Gambrel Roof and JerkinHead Roof As illustrated,these roofs include smalldesign innovations to the basic hipped and gable roofs. Gambrel roofs canbe built traditionally as normal hipped roofs with thefulllength hipsrunning through, ...
Les Goring, 2010
3
The National Park Architecture Sourcebook
Maier's buildings respond to their sites with pleasingly low profiles and gable or jerkinhead (clipped gable) roofs, bases of massive stone to sill height, and wide shin- gled-roof overhangs. Interiors stressed simple, natural materials as a ...
Harvey H. Kaiser, 2008
4
Where Land and Water Intertwine: An Architectural History of ...
The sweeping jerkinhead roof is pierced by wide jerkinhead dormers and two tall chimneys fitted with flaring caps. Porches on the two street facades have trefoil, wooden arches, the design of which is echoed by a similarly carved ornament on  ...
Christopher Weeks, 1984
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Encyclopedia of Maryland
... jerkinhead dormers, SW corner pavilion with mansard roof surmounted by mansarded monitor, NW corner louvered cupola with hipped roof and jerkinhead dormers; round arched, circular, and rectangular windows, some with stained glass; ...
Nancy Capace, 1999
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ABC of Architecture
Jerkinhead, believe it or not, is also in Webster's. It is "the hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for part of its height leaving a truncated gable." That's almost poetry! An agrafe is a hook used to hold together the stones in a wall. IIn a saloon  ...
James F. O'Gorman, 1998
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Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
jaspe Mottled and marbled to resemble variegated stone, and to mask signs of use. jawab A false building or structure, set in a complex of other structures, which is constructed solely to achieve a desired balance or proportions. jerkinhead, ...
Cyril M. Harris, 1977
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Eugene/Springfield New Federal Courthouse: Environmental ...
1 car garage w/Jerkinhead roof, 963, 998 Ferry KNOWN ARCNAELOGICAL FEATURES: none GEOG. LOC. & IMMED. SETTING Mid~block, in mixed use area at front of lot, on quiet st. Located in NE section of survey area; near millrace , 2 bl E ...
‎2000
9
Great Camps of the Adirondacks
A particularly striking feature used throughout Sekon is a roof known as a ' jerkinhead/ This form, which originated in southern Germany, is seen on every structure — as a gable or projection over a bay window, as a dormer roof, or as a visual ...
Harvey H. Kaiser, 1982
10
Heaven's Gates: Wooden Synagogues in the Territories of the ...
Basic roof's shapes. a - pitched b - pitched with small abutment c - half-gabled d - hipped with gabled e - jerkinhead f - jerkinhead with abutment g - half-hipped with jerkinhead h - hipped i - pyramidal sloping surfaces of equal pitch. From the  ...
Maria Piechotka, Kazimierz Piechotka, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JERKINHEAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jerkinhead is used in the context of the following news items.
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Oak Bluffs Town Column: May 29
Ms. Weiss wrote that Mr. Pratt contributed “a dynamic and festive architectural style” that included “jerkinhead gables, candlesnuffers, ... «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, May 15»
2
Dormers: The early tax-evasion trick
Names like jerkinhead, spreadhead, flathead, eyelid, frogs-eye, dog-house, wall dormer, pediment gable, Nantucket, cross gable and ... «LancasterOnline, Apr 15»
3
Milwaukee Architecture The First 100 Years of City Homes
(1913) is an example of the classic Milwaukee Bungalow: a low-pitched, front-gabled, jerkinhead roof with overhanging, unenclosed eaves and ... «urbanmilwaukee, Feb 15»
4
Style Invitational Week 1094: TAXI's the fare in Tour de Fours XI …
“My jerkinhead's failing! Please help with the nailing?” My vigorous ... (A jerkinhead is a type of roof.) Although its conduct may seem manic, «Washington Post, Oct 14»
5
Janesville historic house tour features Columbus Circle neighborhood
This includes a front covered porch and garage with a jerkinhead roof design, paneled doors with original hardware, textured plaster on the ... «Gazettextra, Sep 14»
6
Style Invitational Week 1090: Talk undirty to us, in a poem with a …
... Dreamhole * Fanny-blower * Fartlek * Fuksheet * Gullgroper * Haboob * Humpenscrump * Invagination * Jerkinhead * Knobstick * Lobcocked ... «Washington Post, Sep 14»
7
City planners: Let the Deutsches Haus Look German
According to White's reporting: "The proposed design was inspired by traditional Germanic architecture including steeply pitched 'jerkinhead' or ... «My New Orleans, Jul 14»
8
Key Concessions Contracts Up At Yosemite National Park, Along …
... modern board-and-batten frame building with traditional Southern Appalachian features such as a long porch across the front, a jerkinhead, ... «National Parks Traveler, Jul 14»
9
Maplewood: 'Historic' designation asked for neighborhood that …
Some of the homes have art glass windows. There is an American Foursquare-style house with a jerkinhead roof and enclosed front porch, and ... «Westport News, Jun 14»
10
THE ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD | Getting To Know The City's …
Everything from the clipped edge 'jerkinhead' roofs, to 'Dutchweave' eaves found on 'Hansel and Gretel' cottages, to the French Norman ... «Scout Magazine, Nov 13»

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