Definition of Jerk. Meaning of Jerk. Synonyms of Jerk

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Definition of Jerk

Jerk
Jerk Jerk, v. t. [Corrupted from Peruv. charqui dried beef.] To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
Jerk
Jerk Jerk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jerked; p. pr. & vb. n. Jerking.] [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to yard a measure.] 1. To beat; to strike. [Obs.] --Florio. 2. To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off. 3. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
Jerk
Jerk Jerk, v. i. 1. To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts. --Milton. 2. To flout with contempt.
Jerk
Jerk Jerk, n. 1. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion. His jade gave him a jerk. --B. Jonson. 2. A sudden start or spring. Lobsters . . . swim backwards by jerks or springs. --Grew.

Meaning of Jerk from wikipedia

- The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, and Michael Elias (from a story by Martin and...
- up jerk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jerk, The Jerk, Jerks, or Jerking may refer to: Jerk (play), a 2008 puppet play by Dennis Cooper Jerk (TV...
- Key ingredients in jerk cooking: Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica, in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet-marinated with a hot ****e mixture called...
- A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, sleep twitch, myoclonic jerk, or night start is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles...
- Jerk (also known as Jolt) is the rate of change of an object's acceleration over time. It is a vector quantity (having both magnitude and direction). Jerk...
- The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the clean, the lifter...
- Soda jerk (or soda jerker) is an American term used to refer to a person—typically a young man—who would operate the soda fountain in a restaurant, preparing...
- A circle jerk, also sometimes spelled circlejerk, is a ****ual practice in which a group of men form a circle and **** or touch each other's genitals...
- "Jerk It Out" is a song by Swedish rock band Caesars. It was released in 2002 (when the band was known as Caesars Palace) as the lead single from their...
- The jaw jerk reflex or the m****eter reflex is a stretch reflex used to test the status of a patient's trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V) and to help distinguish...