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Type Words
Synonyms dork
Type of misfit
Has types schmuck, shmuck, shmo, schmo
Derivation jerky
Type Words
Synonyms flick
Type of push, force


jerk his head.
Type Words
Synonyms tug
Type of pulling, pull
Type Words
Synonyms yank
Type of pull, draw
Derivation jerker


He turned the handle and jerked the door open.
Type Words
Synonyms jerked meat, jerky
Type of meat
Has types biltong, beef jerky
Type Words
Synonyms jerking, jolt, saccade
Type of move, movement, motility, motion
Derivation jerky
Type Words
Synonyms twitch
Type of move involuntarily, move reflexively
Has types fibrillate
Verb group twitch
Derivation jerking
Type Words
Synonyms buck, hitch
Type of move
Type Words
Synonyms twitch
Type of move
Verb group twitch
Derivation jerking


The patient's legs were jerkings.
Type Words
Type of rate
Type Words
Type of weightlift, weightlifting

Examples of jerk

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Honest, if I were a player, I'd be a jerk to the media a lot of the time, I bet.
From the denverpost.com
In Sacramento, the knee-jerk response to any crisis is to blame the Republicans.
From the sfgate.com
Two or three times I'd throw it where I wanted to, and then I jerk it sometimes.
From the delawareonline.com
Note that this only happens if the jerk in question is unquestionably brilliant.
From the forbes.com
All the while, his buddy always thought that the old gang considered him a jerk.
From the ocregister.com
The only way tweeting is fun is if it's spontaneous, an instant knee-jerk thing.
From the sfgate.com
Casting jerk baits, crank baits, bucktails, or Bulldawgs triggered many follows.
From the jsonline.com
Tube jigs, jerk baits, skirted grubs, smaller jig-and-pig combos will work well.
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Try the jerk chicken or a jerk chicken wrap, and one of the freshly made juices.
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More examples
  • A dull stupid fatuous person
  • Yank: pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
  • An abrupt spasmodic movement
  • Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings"
  • (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
  • Twitch: make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"
  • Jerk is the second album by Canadian alternative/indie rock band hHead, released in 1994. The prize money that hHead won from a CFNY-FM contest went towards paying the costs for making this album. ...
  • Jerk was an industrial rock band from Sydney, Australia. They released a single album, and featured in the video games '' and NHL 2004''. Jerk has supported Marilyn Manson, Insane Clown Posse, Killing Joke and Disturbed on their respective Sydney tours.
  • Jerk is a one-person puppet play by the American writer Dennis Cooper, made in collaboration with director Gisu00E8le Vienne and performer Jonathan Capdevielle, based on Cooper's 1993 novel of the same name. It is based on the story of serial killer Dean Corll and his teenage accomplices David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley...