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RELATED WORDS : clean and jerk jerk off knee jerk knee jerk liberal knee jerk reaction soda jerk

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jerk has 6 senses

• jerk(n = noun.person) dork - a dull stupid fatuous person; Array
is a kind of misfit
has particulars: schmo, schmuck, shmo, shmuck
Derived form adjective jerky₃

• jerk(n = noun.act) jerking, jolt, saccade - an abrupt spasmodic movement; Array
is a kind of motility, motion, move, movement
Derived forms verb jerk₃, verb jerk₅, verb jerk₁, verb jerk₄, verb jerk₂, adjective jerky₁

• jerk(n = noun.time) Array - (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration; Array
is a kind of rate

• jerk(n = noun.food) jerked meat, jerky - meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun; Array
is a kind of meat
has particulars: beef jerky, biltong

• jerk(n = noun.act) Array - raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms; Array
is a kind of weightlift, weightlifting
is a part of clean, clean and jerk

• jerk(n = noun.act) tug - a sudden abrupt pull; Array
is a kind of pull, pulling
Derived forms verb jerk₁, verb jerk₂

Verb jerk has 5 senses

• jerk(v = verb.contact) yank - pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
is one way to draw, force, pull
Derived forms noun jerk₆, noun jerk₂, noun jerker₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

• jerk(v = verb.motion) twitch - move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings"
is one way to move
Derived forms noun jerk₆, noun jerk₂, noun jerking₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

• jerk(v = verb.body) twitch - make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"
is one way to move involuntarily, move reflexively
Derived forms noun jerk₂, noun jerking₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody's (body part) ----s

• jerk(v = verb.motion) buck, hitch - jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"
is one way to move
Derived form noun jerk₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• jerk(v = verb.contact) flick - throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"
is one way to force, push
Derived form noun jerk₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP

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THESAURUS

jerk

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, desiccate, didder, ding-a-ling, dingbat, dingdong, dither, dope, drag, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, fall astern, fall behind, falter, fart, fidget, fire, flick, fling, flip, flip out, flirt, flounce, flutter, fool, fork, freak out on, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, galoot, get behind, get high on, glow, go backwards, go behind, go pitapat, goof, grimace, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, heel, hitch, hood, hooligan, hurl, hurtle, idiot, imbecile, irradiate, itch, jackass, jar, jerk back, jerk-off, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jump, kipper, klutz, lance, lapse, launch, let fly, lob, lose ground, louse, lug, lurch, marinade, marinate, meanie, moron, mother, mummify, mutt, nerd, nincompoop, ninny, nip, palpitate, pant, pass, peg, pelt, pickle, pill, pitch, pitchfork, pluck, preservatize, prize sap, pull, pull back, put, put the shot, quake, quaver, quick-freeze, quiver, rat, recede, recidivate, refrigerate, regress, relapse, retrocede, retroflex, retrograde, retrogress, return, revert, rictus, salt, sap, saphead, sawney, schlemiel, schmuck, season, serve, shake, shit, shithead, shitheel, shiver, shock, shudder, shy, sling, slip back, smoke, smoke-cure, snake, snap, snatch, squirm, start, stinkard, stinker, stuff, sudden pull, swell, swell with emotion, thrill, thrill to, throb, throw, tic, tilt, tingle, tingle with excitement, tomfool, toss, toss and turn, tremble, tremor, tug, tumble, turd, turn on to, tweak, twist, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, vellicate, wiggle, wobble, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, writhe, yank, yerk

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jerk

Revolution

N revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up, destruction, sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change, change of state, phase change, quantum leap, quantum jump, clean sweep, coup d'etat, counter revolution, jump, leap, plunge, jerk, start, transilience, explosion, spasm, convulsion, throe, revulsion, storm, earthquake, cataclysm, legerdemain, unrecognizable, revolutionary.

Propulsion

VB propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl, flirt, fillip, dart, lance, tilt, ejaculate, jaculate, fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork, send, send off, let off, fire off, discharge, shoot, launch, release, send forth, let fly, put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash, put in motion, set in motion, set agoing, start, give a start, give an impulse to, impel, trundle, expel, carry one off one's legs, put to flight.

Traction

VB draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train, take in tow, wrench, jerk, twitch, touse, yank.

Agitation

N agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance, jactitation, quassation, shuffling, twitter, flicker, flutter, turbulence, perturbation, commotion, turmoil, disquiet, tumult, tumultuation, hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus, staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits, carphology, chorea, floccillation, the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus, spasm, throe, throb, palpitation, convulsion, disturbance, chaos, restlessness, ferment, fermentation, ebullition, effervescence, hurly-burly, cahotage, tempest, storm, ground swell, heavy sea, whirlpool, vortex, whirlwind, shaking, agitated tremulous, desultory, subsultory, saltatoric, quasative, shambling, giddy-paced, saltatory, convulsive, unquiet, restless, all of a twitter, by fits and starts, subsultorily, per saltum, hop skip and jump, in convulsions, in fits, tempete dans un verre d'eau.

VB be agitated, shake, tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf, quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle, wriggle, wriggle like an eel, dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort, squirm, throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat, flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker, bustle, ferment, effervesce, foam, boil, boil over, bubble up, simmer, toss about, jump about, jump like a parched pea, shake like an aspen leaf, shake to its center, shake to its foundations, be the sport of the winds and waves, reel to and fro like a drunken man, move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard, agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt, jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate.

Ignoramus

N ignoramus, dunce, wooden spoon, no scholar, (imbecility) 499 (folly) 501 moron, imbecile, idiot, fool, jerk, nincompoop, asshole, dilettante, sciolist, smatterer, dabbler, half scholar, charlatan, wiseacre, greenhorn, amateur, novice, tyro, numskull, lubber, fool, pedant, bookless, shallow, ignorant, a wit with dunces and a dunce with wits.

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