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v. To give a sudden quick thrust, push, pull, or twist to.

v. To throw or toss with a quick abrupt motion.

v. To utter abruptly or sharply: jerked out the answer.

v. To make and serve (ice-cream sodas, for example) at a soda fountain.

v. Sports To press (a weight) overhead from shoulder height in a quick motion.

verb-intransitive. To move in sudden abrupt motions; jolt: The train jerked forward.

verb-intransitive. To make spasmodic motions: My legs jerked from fatigue.

n. A sudden abrupt motion, such as a yank or twist.

n. A jolting or lurching motion.

n. Physiology A sudden reflexive or spasmodic muscular movement.

n. Involuntary convulsive twitching often resulting from excitement. Often used with the.

n. Slang A foolish, rude, or contemptible person.

n. Sports A lift in which the weight is heaved overhead from shoulder height with a quick motion.

phrasal-verb. jerk off Vulgar Slang To masturbate.

phrasal-verb. jerk around To take unfair advantage of, deceive, or manipulate.

v. To cut (meat) into long strips and dry in the sun or cure by exposing to smoke.

adj. Being or relating to a method of barbecuing meat that has been seasoned and wrapped in leaves of the allspice tree: jerk chicken; jerk pork.

n. A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade

n. Meat cured by jerking; charqui.

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

n. A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.

n. A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

n. A dull or stupid person.

n. A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

n. The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

n. A soda jerk.

n. 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.

v. To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

v. To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

v. To masturbate.

v. To beat, to hit.

v. To throw.

v. To lift using a jerk.

v. To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun. See charqui.

v. To beat; to strike.

v. To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk

v. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.

verb-intransitive. To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.

verb-intransitive. To flout with contempt.

n. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.

n. A sudden start or spring.

n. A foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person.

n. The lifting of a weight, in a single rapid motion, from shoulder height until the arms are outstretched above the head; distinguished from press in that the motion in a jerk is more rapid, and the body may be moved under the weight to assist completion of the movement.

n. Calisthenic exercises, such as push-ups or deep knee bends; also called physical jerks.

To strike or beat, as with a whip or rod; strike smartly.

To pull or thrust with sudden energy; act upon with a twitching or snatching motion; move with quick, sharp force: of ten with a word or words of direction: as, to jerk open a door; the horse jerked out his heels.

To throw with a quick, sharp motion; specifically, to throw with the hand lower than the elbow, with an impulse given by sudden collision of the forearm with the hip: as, to jerk a stone.

To make a sudden spasmodic motion; give a start; move twitchingly.

To sneer; carp; speak sarcastically.

n. A short, sharp pull, thrust, or twitch; a sudden throw or toss; a jolt; a twitching or spasmodic motion.

n. A sudden spring or bound; a start; a leap; a sally.

n. An involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle, due to reflex action resulting from a blow or other external stimulus.

n. plural The paroxysms or violent spasmodic movements sometimes resulting from excitement in connection with religious services. Specifically called the jerks.

n. A sneer; sarcasm.

In the English custom-house, to search, as a vessel, for unentered goods.

n. Meat cut into strips and cured by drying it in the open air.

To cure, as meat, especially beef, by cutting into long thin pieces and drying in the sun.

n. In golf, a stroke in which the club-head, after striking the ball, digs into the ground.

n. An abrupt witticism; a sudden sally of wit.

n. plural Chorea or tic.

v. move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions

v. jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

v. pull, or move with a sudden movement

n. raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms

n. (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration

n. a sudden abrupt pull

v. throw or toss with a quick motion

n. meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

n. a dull stupid fatuous person

v. make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion

n. an abrupt spasmodic movement

"And using the word jerk is generous, compared to my real thoughts"

press   

jerked    jerking    jerks   

move    draw    pull    force    weightlift    weightlifting    rate    pulling    push    motility   

throw   

charqui    physical jerks   

jerksome    jerk off   

beat    strike    yerk    motion    pull    twitch    toss    hitch    jet    flick   

Berk    Burk    Burke    Dirk    Kirk    Merc    Turk    berk    berserk    birk   

gasp    shake    twitch    twist    kick    tug    jolt    snap    lurch    leap