"zerk" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "After Austrian-born American inventor Oscar U. Zerk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zerks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "zerk (plural zerks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mechanical engineering",
          "orig": "en:Mechanical engineering",
          "parents": [
            "Engineering",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Technology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Roger Welsch, From Tinkering to Torquing, page 99:",
          "text": "The moral is, if you don't keep grease in those zerks, you're going to be replacing some expensive parts. To grease through a zerk, you simply push the business end of a grease gun onto the zerk—it will pop right on with a little pressure—and work the handle until a bit of grease can be seen oozing out of the joint you are lubricating.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Jim Allen, Jeep 4X4 Performance Handbook, page 97:",
          "text": "A lot depends on which type of greaseable U-joint we are talking about. There are two basic types, those that have a zerk fitting at the center of the cross and those that are drilled but have the zerk in the cap. A tiny hole drilled down the center of a U-joint has no effect on strength but a zerk at the cross does.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Service: Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, 5th edition, page 206:",
          "text": "Figure 14.12 Wipe off the end of a zerk fitting before attaching the grease gun.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A grease nipple."
      ],
      "id": "en-zerk-en-noun-va4MhXYk",
      "links": [
        [
          "grease nipple",
          "grease nipple"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Grease fitting"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/zɝk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zɜːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)k"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zerk"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "After Austrian-born American inventor Oscar U. Zerk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zerks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "zerk (plural zerks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English eponyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)k",
        "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)k/1 syllable",
        "en:Mechanical engineering"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Roger Welsch, From Tinkering to Torquing, page 99:",
          "text": "The moral is, if you don't keep grease in those zerks, you're going to be replacing some expensive parts. To grease through a zerk, you simply push the business end of a grease gun onto the zerk—it will pop right on with a little pressure—and work the handle until a bit of grease can be seen oozing out of the joint you are lubricating.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Jim Allen, Jeep 4X4 Performance Handbook, page 97:",
          "text": "A lot depends on which type of greaseable U-joint we are talking about. There are two basic types, those that have a zerk fitting at the center of the cross and those that are drilled but have the zerk in the cap. A tiny hole drilled down the center of a U-joint has no effect on strength but a zerk at the cross does.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Service: Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, 5th edition, page 206:",
          "text": "Figure 14.12 Wipe off the end of a zerk fitting before attaching the grease gun.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A grease nipple."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grease nipple",
          "grease nipple"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Grease fitting"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/zɝk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zɜːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)k"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zerk"
}