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Definition jerk

Etymology 1

Probably from Middle English yerk (“sudden motion”), from Old English ?earc (“ready, active, quick”). Compare Old English ?earcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”). Related to yare.

Noun

jerk (plural jerks)

1. A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
2. A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
3. (US, slang, derogatory) A dull or stupid person.
4. (Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
5. (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
6. (obsolete) A soda jerk.
7. (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.

Verb

jerk (third-person singular simple present jerks, present participle jerking, simple past and past participle jerked)

1. (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
2. (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
3. (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
4. (obsolete) To beat, to hit.
5. (obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
6. (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
7. (obsolete) To flout with contempt.

Etymology 2

From American Spanish charquear, from charqui, from Quechua ch'arki.

Noun

jerk (uncountable)

1. (Caribbean) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
2. (Caribbean) Meat cured by jerking; charqui.

Verb

jerk (third-person singular simple present jerks, present participle jerking, simple past and past participle jerked)

1. To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

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