What (who) is Jerk - definition
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jerk
n.
sudden movement
with a jerk (the train started with a jerk)
Jerk
·noun A sudden start or spring.
II. Jerk ·vi To flout with contempt.
III. Jerk ·vi To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.
V. Jerk ·noun A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
VI. Jerk ·vt To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
VIII. Jerk ·vt 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.
jerk
jerk1
¦ noun
1. a quick, sharp, sudden movement.
2. Weightlifting the raising of a barbell above the head from shoulder level by an abrupt straightening of the arms and legs.
3. informal a contemptibly foolish person.
¦ verb
1. move with a jerk.
2. Weightlifting raise (a barbell) with a jerk.
3. (jerk someone around) N. Amer. informal deal with someone dishonestly or unfairly.
4. (jerk off) vulgar slang, chiefly N. Amer. masturbate.
Derivatives
jerker noun
Origin
C16 (denoting a stroke with a whip): prob. imitative.
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jerk2
¦ verb [usu. as adjective jerked]
1. cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it.
2. prepare (pork or chicken) by marinating it in spices and barbecuing it over a wood fire.
¦ noun jerked meat.
Origin
C18: from Latin Amer. Sp. charquear, from charqui, from Quechua echarqui 'dried flesh'.
Pronunciation examples for Jerk
1. ...you jerk. You jerk.
A Dog Year (2009)
2. H: Jerk
SciShow Quiz Show - With the Brain Scoop's Emily Graslie!
3. Jerk-ass!
The Departed (2006)
4. lot, jerk.
Soul Pancake _ Rainn Wilson _ Talks at Google
5. and then comes jerk,
ted-talks_1376_VijayKumar_2012-320k
Examples of use of Jerk
1. "I‘m here giving you an interview, answering your questions and you do something really nasty ... you‘re a jerk ... jerk ... you‘re a jerk," the actor told the prankster.
2. "I‘m here giving you an interview, answering your questions and you do something really nasty ... you‘re a jerk ...jerk... you‘re a jerk," the actor told the prankster in front of legitimate reporters.
3. You‘re a jerk ... jerk ... you‘re a jerk." Cruise then held the man back before security guards escorted him into the Odeon cinema, where he was arrested along with the three members of his crew.
4. "I‘m here giving you an interview, answering your questions and you do something really nasty ... you‘re a jerk ... jerk ... you‘re a jerk," the actor told the prankster in front of legitimate reporters.
5. When they return new knee–jerk laws will be mooted.