jerk

(Englisch)

Noun

1. A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
2. A quick pull on something.
3. (US, derogatory, slang) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
4. (US, derogatory, slang) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
5. A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
6. (slang) Masturbation.
7. (Internet, slang) Masturbation.
8. A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
9. The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
10. (US, obsolete) A soda jerk.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
2. (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
3. (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
4. (Internet, US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
5. (obsolete) To beat, to hit.
6. (obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
7. (transitive, usually) To lift using a jerk.
8. (obsolete) To flout with contempt.

Verb

To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/d͡ʒɜːk/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: yerk

Geerbt von Altenglisch: ġearcian

Verwandt mit Schottisch: yerk

In summary

Probably from Middle English yerk (“sudden motion”) and Middle English yerkid (“tightly pulled”), from Old English ġearc (“ready, active, quick”) and Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”). Cognate with Scots yerk (“to jerk”). Related also to English yare (“ready”).

Konzepte

Ruck

zucken

Trottel

Zuckung

erschüttern

Dummkopf

Sprung

Arschloch

Reflex

Wichser

rucken

ruckweise

Satz

ziehen

zittern

ruckeln

Stoßen

Böser

Kaffer

Kotzbrocken

Schwanzkopf

Sumpfblute

- Arschloch

Arsch

Abschaum -s

dörren

Dreckskerl

Dussel

Flasche

Hanswurst

Hundsfott

Idiot

Narr

Schüssel

Schweinehund

Stoß

wichsen

Synonyme

twitch

jolt

tug

yank

pull

idiot

asshole

bump

shake

🫨

fool

hitch

pull on

jar

🫙

start

swing

toss

startle

saccade

push

dork

shock

⚡

flick

buck

shrug

🤷

jerky

rattle

moron

bounce

roll

drag

jerked meat

twit

shove

thrust

stupid

sway

ass

🍑

flinch

bozo

slob

startled

rock

🪨

bastard

jump

oscillate

jounce

shit

💩

jig

dolt

jerking

Übersetzungen

sacudir

tirón

schokken

sacudida

secousse

saccade

strattone

gilipollas

tic

idiota

à-coup

suraccélération

stronzo

τινάσσω

τίναγμα

Sätze

He heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so .

Er hörte ein gedämpftes Gittergeräusch und sah den schwarzen Mark einen Zentimeter oder so vorwärts.

Look , the seam is now broken , it couldn't stand the jerk .

Schau, die Naht ist jetzt gebrochen, sie konnte den Ruck nicht ertragen.