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jerk

/ˈd͡ʒɝk/ verbo C2

En español: tironear, jalonear

  1. To make a sudden uncontrolled movement. (intransitive)
  2. To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake. (transitive)
  3. To masturbate. (US, slang)
  4. To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits. (US, slang) · This is jerking’s 9/11
  5. To lift using a jerk. (transitive)

He/she/it jerks · Pasado jerked · Participio pasado jerked · Forma en -ing jerking

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Formas del verbo

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He/she/it
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Pasado
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Participio pasado
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Forma en -ing
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De la biblioteca

He raised his head with a sudden jerk.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 35 · B2
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.
The Jungle Book, p. 41 · B2
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.
The Jungle Book, p. 38 · B2
We always stop to eat spicy jerk chicken and sweet fried plantains.
Celebrating the Notting Hill Carnival, p. 1 · B1

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