jerk

Definition of jerk in English English dictionary: Meat cured by jerking; charqui
Jerk chicken is a local favorite.; A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body
The black cloth bestrewn with white beads blew up from time to time, laying bare the coffin. The tired bearers walked more slowly, and it advanced with constant jerks, like a boat that pitches with every wave.; A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade; A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
When I yell OK, give the mooring line a good jerk!.; To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake; The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time; To beat, to hit; To throw; To masturbate; A soda jerk; A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable, and often not very intelligent
You really are a jerk sometimes.; To make a sudden uncontrolled movement; To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun; a dull stupid fatuous person; the change in acceleration with respect to time; {f} push or pull suddenly; move or cause to move in a sharp an sudden manner, move in a jolting manner; work at a soda fountain; prepare preserved meat; A vector that specifies the time rate of change of the acceleration; the third derivative of displacement with respect to time; disapproval If you call someone a jerk, you are insulting them because you think they are stupid or you do not like them. see also knee-jerk. 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; {v} to give a quick smart blow, lash, throw; {n} a quick and smart lash, twitch, quick jolt; To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, to jerk beef; A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion; To marinade in jerk seasoning; A term used for an island style of barbecue that includes marinating the meat in a green pesto-like mixture of herbs, spices, and very hot peppers; an abrupt spasmodic movement; 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; To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts; A postmaster who refuses to answer why the mail doesn't work and tells you to send him mail about it; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings"; The rate of change of acceleration with time; throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"; jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"; To make a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake; (aka: "pull") a golf shot that is pulled left of the intended target Example: "I was on the green in two but jerked my putt and only made par "; A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade; a dish made with such a marinade; an abrupt spasmodic movement a dull stupid fatuous person (mechanics) the rate of change of velocity throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"; If you jerk something or someone in a particular direction, or they jerk in a particular direction, they move a short distance very suddenly and quickly. Mr Griffin jerked forward in his chair `This is Brady Coyne,' said Sam, jerking his head in my direction Eleanor jerked her wrist free Jerk is also a noun. He indicated the bedroom with a jerk of his head; (mechanics) the rate of change of velocity; To beat; to strike; A sudden start or spring; A sudden, uncontrolled movement, for instance, of the body; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings; make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"; A person who is unwelcome due to unlikable qualities and behavior, often mean, foolish or disagreeable; {i} jolt, jar; sudden pull, sudden start; involuntary muscular spasm; idiot, annoying person (Slang); To flout with contempt; To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone; To pull a shot or putt left of the intended line Also, a term used to describe a playing partner who pulls a shot or putt left of his intended line; pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"; a sudden abrupt pull
jerk around: to cheat or treat unfairly
jerk asses: plural form of jerk ass
jerk off: To quickly pull something (or someone) off of something (or someone)
jerk off: To masturbate, usually a male
jerk off: an annoying person
jerk offs: plural form of jerk off
jerk water: Of inhabited places, small, insignificant, isolated, backwards
But any way from the number of jerk water burgs we went through you would think we was on the Monon and the towns all looks so much like the other that .
jerk water: To fill a steam locomotive water tank manually from natural water supplies
by bailing from near streams with buckets, (the brake-man called this operation jerking water) and from this the road gets its name of jerkwater road.
jerk-off: Someone who masturbates, usually a male
jerk-off: Someone who behaves rudely or inappropriately, or is ignorant of certain social norms, usually a male
jerk-water: Railroads with low traffic
Can the keen-minded Mr. Willard at Baltimore be more anxious than the keen-minded Mr. Rea at Philadelphia to undertake the management of jerk-water branches in Connecticut or in Rhode Island or down on Cape Cod ?.
jerk-water: Of an inhabited place, small, isolated, backward
That seems to disappoint them, for every sociologist likes to go back to some jerk-water college and tell those who are in the sociological class how they had to get their information by pantomime..
jerk-water: A branch line train, using light equipment
The mail was brought by a tiny jerk-water bobtail dummy and coach run by one, Tony, from Pearl City, a mile away, to a station near the end of the peninsula.
jerk around: (deyim) Treat badly especially by being underhanded or inconsistent
Jerk off: masturbate (Vulgar Slang)
jerk off: get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
jerk someone's chain: pull someone's leg, trick someone, deceive someone
circle jerk: to participate in a circle jerk
circle jerk: A metaphor for any group activity performed for personal gratification
circle jerk: A group of males masturbating ("jerking off") together (with or without interpersonal contact)
circle-jerk: Alternative spelling of circle jerk
clean and jerk: The act of lifting the barbell to hang at arm's length, a pause, and thrusting the barbell over head to a stationary position in one movement
jerker: Someone or something that jerks
knee-jerk: Automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable
He gave a knee-jerk response.
knee-jerk: A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap)
soda jerk: A person who works at a soda fountain
knee-jerk gimmicks: (deyim) Measures which are not properly thought out and designed to get an immediate positive reaction
A jerk: zerk
A jerk: assfuck
Achilles jerk: A reflex bending of the foot resulting from the contraction of lower leg muscles
clean and jerk: A lift in weightlifting in which a weight is raised from the floor to shoulder height, held there briefly, and then pushed overhead in a rapid motion of the arms, typically accompanied by a spring or lunge from the legs
clean and jerk: basic weightlifting lift in which the weightlifter draws a barbell up against him and then pushes it up over his head in two phases
clean and jerk: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
jerked: past of jerk
jerked: {s} jolted; thrown quickly and suddenly; relating to a manner of barbecuing meat that has been spiced and wrapped in leaves of the allspice tree; fooled, tricked
jerker: someone who gives a strong sudden pull
jerker: A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus)
jerker: {i} person who jerks, person who gives sudden pushes or pulls
jerker: One who jerks or moves with a jerk
jerker: A beater
jerking: present participle of jerk
jerking: {i} sudden spasmodic move; act of pulling or throwing with a jerk; act of masturbating (Vulgar Slang)
jerking: an abrupt spasmodic movement
jerking: The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk
jerking: not having a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat"
jerks: {i} chorea, any form of tic (Medicine)
jerks: third-person singular of jerk
jerks: plural of , jerk
knee jerk: a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon
knee jerk: automatic, occurring without thought; of the reflex movement that occurs when struck below the kneecap
knee jerk: A jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle
knee jerk: A reflex contraction of the quadriceps muscle resulting in a sudden involuntary extension of the leg, produced by a sharp tap to the tendon below the patella; patellar reflex
knee jerk reaction: automatic reaction or response to something; reaction occurring without thought
knee-jerk: disapproval If you call someone's response to a question or situation a knee-jerk reaction, you mean that they react in a very predictable way, without thinking. The knee-jerk reaction to this is to call for proper security in all hospitals. a knee-jerk reaction, answer etc is what you feel or say about a situation from habit, without thinking about it = automatic
soda jerk: One who works at a soda fountain
soda jerk: someone who works at a soda fountain
soda jerk: {i} person who serves beverages at a soda fountain (kiosk which sells soft drinks)