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jerk (jʉrk)

transitive verb

  1. to pull, twist, push, thrust, or throw with a sudden, sharp movement
  2. Informal to make and serve (ice cream sodas)

Etymology: var. of archaic yerk < ?

intransitive verb

  1. to move with a jerk or in jerks
  2. to twitch

noun

  1. a sharp, abrupt movement; quick pull, twist, push, etc.
  2. a sudden muscular contraction caused by a reflex action
  3. Slang a person regarded as disagreeable, contemptible, etc., esp. as the result of foolish or mean behavior
  4. Weight Lifting a lift in which the barbell is raised upward from shoulder level with the arms completely extended
jerk Idioms

jerk off

Vulgar, Slang to masturbate: used chiefly of males

jerk out

to utter sharply and abruptly
jerk2 definition

jerk (jʉrk)

transitive verb

to preserve (meat) by slicing into strips and drying, esp. originally in the sun

Etymology: altered (after jerk) < jerky

noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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