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• jerk — jerk1 [dʒə:k US dʒə:rk] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from yerk to hit, pull suddenly (16 19 centuries)] 1.) [I and T] to move with a quick sudden movement, or to make part of your body move in this way ▪ Wilcox jerked his head to indicate …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• jerk — Synonyms and related words: SOB, anhydrate, ass, asshole, backslide, bastard, blast freeze, bob, bobble, boob, booby, bounce, bowl, brine, bugger, bump, cast, catapult, chuck, chump, chunk, cock, corn, creep, cure, dart, dash, dehydrate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Jerk De Soleil — Phineas and Ferb episode Candace has an allergic reaction to parsnips. Episode no …   Wikipedia

• jerk — jerk, snap, twitch, yank mean to make a sudden sharp quick movement. Jerk implies especially such a movement that is graceless, forceful, and abrupt {thought the train would never start, but at last the whistle blew and the carriages jerked… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• jerk — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sudden movement ADJECTIVE ▪ quick, sharp, sudden, violent VERB + JERK ▪ give ▪ His thigh muscle gave a sudden jerk …   Collocations dictionary

• jerk — jerk1 [ dʒɜrk ] verb intransitive or transitive 1. ) to move very suddenly, or make something move suddenly: The train jerked forward. Jerking her head toward the valley, she said, What s down there? The taxi jerked to a stop outside a large… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• jerk — I UK [dʒɜː(r)k] / US [dʒɜrk] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms jerk : present tense I/you/we/they jerk he/she/it jerks present participle jerking past tense jerked past participle jerked 1) a) to move very suddenly, or to make something… …   English dictionary

• jerk — jerk1 jerker, n. jerkingly, adv. /jerrk/, n. 1. a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement: The train started with a jerk. 2. a spasmodic, usually involuntary, muscular movement, as the reflex action of pulling the… …   Universalium

• jerk — 01. The truck came to a stop with a sudden [jerk]. 02. The teacher grabbed the young boy by the shirt, and [jerked] him up out of his chair. 03. The policeman indicated a chair to sit in with a [jerk] of his head. 04. The car moved [jerkily]… …   Grammatical examples in English

• jerk-water — 1. noun 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. 2. adjective a) Of an inhabited place …   Wiktionary

• jerk someone around — AND jerk someone over tv. to hassle someone; to waste someone’s time. □ Stop jerking me around and give me my money back. CD They sure like to jerk around people in that music shop …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions