jerk

Εννοια (English)

1. A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
2. A quick tug or shake.
3. (slang) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable; an arsehole.
4. (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) An act of male masturbation.
7. (slang) An act of male 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. (obsolete) A soda jerk.

twitch

jolt

jerked meat

turkey

pluck out

stupid person

scum bag

annoying person

sudden start

contemptible person

thrust aside

smooth operator

dry-cure

schmoe

make anxious

have a spasm

be affected by spasms

pull sharply

tug at

jerky1

spasmus

sharp twist

ass face

butt face

dick-head

sonofobitch

crumb bum

smacko

crum-bum

ass maggot

sona'bitch'u

ratink

shady type

by fits and starts

crum

low life

Συχνότητα

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/d͡ʒɜːk/

Inherited from Μέσα Αγγλικά

Inherited from Παλαιά Αγγλικά

Cognate with Σκωτικά

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”).

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