jerk

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

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.

Verb

1. To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
2. To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
3. (slang) To masturbate.
4. (slang) To masturbate.
5. (obsolete) To beat, to hit.
6. (obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
7. 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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/d͡ʒɜːk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).

Frasi

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

Sentì un suono grattugiato ovattato e vide il marchio nero che cazzo in avanti circa un pollice.

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

Senti, la cucitura è ora rotta, non poteva sopportare il coglione.