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jerking
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun jerking has 1 sense
- jerking(n = noun.act) jerk, jolt, saccade - an abrupt spasmodic movement; Array is a kind of motility, motion, move, movement
Derived forms verb jerk3, verb jerk2
Adjective jerking has 1 sense
- jerking(s = adj.all) arrhythmic, jerky - lacking a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat"
CIDE DICTIONARY
jerking, n.
The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
jerking
anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, convulsive, corning, curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, eclamptic, embalming, evaporation, fidgetiness, fidgets, fidgety, fitful, formication, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, irradiation, itchiness, jerky, jiggety, jumpy, marination, mummification, orgasmic, pickling, potting, pruritus, quick-freezing, refrigeration, saltatory, salting, seasoning, smoking, spasmodic, spastic, stuffing, taxidermy, tinning, twitchety, twitching, twitchy, vellication, vellicative
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