jerk

Meaning

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.

Concepts

jerk

twitch

jolt

tug

yank

pull

idiot

asshole

bump

shake

jar

fool

start

hitch

twit

pull on

shock

swing

push

startle

flick

dork

saccade

toss

roll

bounce

rattle

shove

drag

shrug

buck

jerked meat

jerky

moron

oscillate

rock

sway

vibrate

wobble

joggle

jounce

wrench

wiggle

thrust

twist

jog

flinch

jump

wince

slob

jerking

jig

startled

stupid

ass

berk

scum bag

twat

bozo

turkey

stupid person

pluck out

dickhead

cockface

goon

dolt

bastard

shit

by fits and starts

slam

writhe

make anxious

contemptible person

lash

throw

whip

be affected by spasms

have a spasm

pull sharply

irregular

jerky1

unsteady

heel

sleet

sloven

roll out

work

jostle

diddle

dink

flounce

job

jumble

shy

snap

blow

bound

prance

ramp

rebound

recoil

spring

flail

mallet

maul

rammer

swingle

concussion

percussion

flirt

jiggle

jerkoff

catoptric

gleam

glint

mirror

mirroring

reflect

reflection

reflective

reflex

reflexion

reflexive

return

reverberation

specular

sharp twist

spasm

spasmus

pulse

dick

flap

struggle

putz

simpleton

court jester

masturbator

wanker

cretin

half-wit

oaf

pinhead

dunderhead

bite

fidget

actuation

boost

clean

clean and jerk

propulsion

force

pull off

annoying person

lug

sudden start

jackass

dry

dry-cure

tug at

cramp

sting

eject

throw out

wicked

heave

snatch

wrest

ass face

butt face

shithead

sucker

dick-head

lout

chump

dunce

low life

brock

caitiff

clutch

creep

crud

crum

crump

drip

frog

fucker

gink

gook

grifter

heck

lowlife

mother fucker

raff

ratfink

riffraff

rip

rotter

schlep

schlepp

schmo

schmoe

schmuck

schnook

scum

scumbag

scut

slicker

slime

slimebag

smooth operator

so and so

son of a bitch

son of a gun

stinker

thug

turd

douchebag

sonofobitch

crumb bum

smacko

crum-bum

ass maggot

sona'bitch'u

ratink

shady type

tool

flash

vibration

arsehole

blench

pull down

tear off

whisk away

thrust aside

dangle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒɜːk/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

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

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