jerk
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
- A quick tug or shake.
- (slang) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable; an arsehole.
- (slang) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- 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.
- (slang) An act of male masturbation.
- (slang) An act of male masturbation.
- 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.
- The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- (obsolete) A soda jerk.
Concepten
Synoniemen
jerked meat
turkey
pluck out
stupid person
scum bag
annoying person
sudden start
contemptible person
thrust aside
dry-cure
make anxious
have a spasm
be affected by spasms
pull sharply
tug at
jerky1
spasmus
sharp twist
ass face
butt face
sonofobitch
crumb bum
smacko
crum-bum
ass maggot
sona'bitch'u
ratink
shady type
by fits and starts
crum
low life
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/d͡ʒɜːk/
Etymologie (Engels)
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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