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Jerk   /dʒərk/   Listen
noun
Jerk  n.  
1.
A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion. "His jade gave him a jerk."
2.
A sudden start or spring. "Lobsters... swim backwards by jerks or springs."
3.
A foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person. (Slang)
Synonyms: jerkoff.
4.
(Sport) The lifting of a weight, in a single rapid motion, from shoulder height until the arms are outstretched above the head; distinguished from press in that the motion in a jerk is more rapid, and the body may be moved under the weight to assist completion of the movement; as, a clean and jerk of two hundred pounds.
5.
Calisthenic exercises, such as push-ups or deep knee bends; also called physical jerks. (British)


verb
Jerk  v. t.  To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, to jerk beef. See Charqui.


Jerk  v. t.  (past & past part. jerked; pres. part. jerking)  
1.
To beat; to strike. (Obs.)
2.
To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.
3.
To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.


Jerk  v. i.  
1.
To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.
2.
To flout with contempt.





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"Jerk" Quotes from Famous Books



... she cried, her face flushing, as she gave a jerk to the reins. "How dare you? What right have ...
— Betty Zane • Zane Grey
... front, lapped over, and belted with a leathern girdle, held together with a buckle. The cape is large, and usually fringed with different colored cloth from that of the body. The bosom of this dress sometimes serves as a wallet for a "chunk" of bread, jerk or smoke-dried venison, and other articles. It is made either of dressed deer skins, linsey, coarse linen, or cotton. The shirt, waistcoat and pantaloons are of similar articles and of the customary form. Wrappers of cloth or dressed skins, called "leggins" ...
— A New Guide for Emigrants to the West • J. M. Peck
... participants to keep time, both as to the motion of the body and the hideous noise which they make. The motion is that of throwing the head and upper portion of the body forward, and bringing it back with a sudden jerk, which would, under ordinary circumstances, break a man's neck, but these creatures are used to it. The dervishes wear their hair long, which adds to their crazy appearance, by covering their faces with it during the jerking process, the hair flying back and forth with ...
— Due West - or Round the World in Ten Months • Maturin Murray Ballou
... set it upon my lap, and looked out of the window at you all, as well as I could for crying, till the train gave a jerk that made my teeth rattle, ...
— Phemie Frost's Experiences • Ann S. Stephens
... out of sight, saying, with a jerk—a shape into which emotion with him often resolved itself—"There, now, I hope the two will bring it to a point and have done with it! 'Tis a pity to let such a girl throw herself away upon him—a thousand pities!...And yet 'tis my duty for his ...
— The Woodlanders • Thomas Hardy


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