jerk
/ˈd͡ʒɝk/ verb C2- To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
- To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- To masturbate.
- To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits. · This is jerking’s 9/11
- To lift using a jerk.
He/she/it jerks · Past jerked · Past participle jerked · -ing form jerking
Verb forms
- Base form
- jerk
- He/she/it
- jerks
- Past
- jerked
- Past participle
- jerked
- -ing form
- jerking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He raised his head with a sudden jerk.
Oh, fat, brown, root-digging fool that I am,” said Baloo, uncoiling himself with a jerk, “it is true what Hathi the Wild Elephant says: `To each his own fear’; and they, the Bandar-log, fear Kaa the Rock Snake.
Sick and giddy as Mowgli was he could not help enjoying the wild rush, though the glimpses of earth far down below frightened him, and the terrible check and jerk at the end of the swing over nothing but empty air brought his heart between his teeth.
We always stop to eat spicy jerk chicken and sweet fried plantains.
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