jerk
/ˈd͡ʒɝk/ noun B2- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
- A quick pull on something. · When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!
- A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, immoral, self-centered, or disagreeable. · I finally fired him, because he was being a real jerk to his customers, even to some of the staff.· You really are a jerk sometimes.
- A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
- Masturbation.
- An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits. · Jerk of the Year contender
- A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
Plural jerks
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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