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• start — ► VERB 1) begin to do, be, happen, or engage in. 2) begin to operate or work. 3) cause to happen or operate. 4) begin to move or travel. 5) jump or jerk from surprise. 6) literary move or appear suddenly. 7) rouse (game) from its la …   English terms dictionary

• Jerk — In physics, jerk, jolt (especially in British English), surge or lurch, is the rate of change of acceleration; that is, the derivative of acceleration with respect to time, the second derivative of velocity, or the third derivative of… …   Wikipedia

• jerk´er — jerk1 «jurk», noun, verb. –n. 1. a sudden, sharp pull, twist, or start: »His old car started with a jerk. 2. a pull or twist of the muscles that one cannot control; twitch: »The nervous jumping of his knee is a jerk from an old accident. 3. Slang …   Useful english dictionary

• jerk — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a sharp sudden pull, twist, twitch, start, etc. 2 a spasmodic muscular twitch. 3 (in pl.) Brit. colloq. exercises (physical jerks). 4 sl. a fool; a stupid person. v. 1 intr. move with a jerk. 2 tr. pull, thrust, twist, etc., with… …   Useful english dictionary

• jerk — 1. noun 1) she gave the reins a jerk Syn: yank, tug, pull, wrench, tweak, twitch 2) the elevator stopped with a jerk Syn: jolt, lurch, bump, start, jar, bang …   Thesaurus of popular words

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

• start — [stärt] vi. [ME sterten < OE styrtan & ON sterta, akin to Ger stürzen, to overthrow < IE * sterd < base * (s)ter , stiff, walk stiffly > STARE, STARVE, STORK] 1. to make a sudden, involuntary or unexpected movement, as when surprised; …   English World dictionary

• 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 — Jerk, v. i. 1. To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To flout with contempt. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• jerk — I. /dʒɜk / (say jerk) noun 1. a quick, sharp thrust, pull, throw, or the like; a sudden start. 2. Physiology a sudden movement of an organ or a part. 3. Weightlifting a lift in which the barbell is raised first to the shoulders, then jerked above …  

• start — 1. verb 1) the meeting starts at 7:45 Syn: begin, commence, get underway, go ahead, get going; informal kick off Ant: finish 2) this was how her illness had started Syn: arise, com …   Thesaurus of popular words