| jerk | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dork, jerk | a dull stupid fatuous person. |
| ~ misfit | someone unable to adapt to their circumstances. |
| ~ schmo, schmuck, shmo, shmuck | (Yiddish) a jerk. |
| n. (act) | 2. jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade | an abrupt spasmodic movement. |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| n. (time) | 3. jerk | (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration. |
| ~ mechanics | the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference. |
| ~ rate | a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit.; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
| n. (food) | 4. jerk, jerked meat, jerky | meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun. |
| ~ meat | the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food. |
| ~ beef jerky | strips of dried beef. |
| ~ biltong | meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun. |
| n. (act) | 5. jerk | raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms. |
| ~ weightlift, weightlifting | bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights. |
| ~ clean, clean and jerk | a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead. |
| n. (act) | 6. jerk, tug | a sudden abrupt pull. |
| ~ pull, pulling | the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" |
| v. (contact) | 7. jerk, yank | pull, or move with a sudden movement.; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| v. (motion) | 8. jerk, twitch | move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions.; "The patient's legs were jerkings" |
| ~ twitch, jerk | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion.; "his face is twitching" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (body) | 9. jerk, twitch | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion.; "his face is twitching" |
| ~ fibrillate | make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements.; "His heart fibrillated and he died" |
| ~ move involuntarily, move reflexively | move in an uncontrolled manner. |
| ~ jerk, twitch | move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions.; "The patient's legs were jerkings" |
| v. (motion) | 10. buck, hitch, jerk | jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.; "the yung filly bucked" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (contact) | 11. flick, jerk | throw or toss with a quick motion.; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
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