jerkingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈdʒəːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdʒərkɪŋ/

Forms: see jerk v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jerk v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < jerk v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly later jerk n.¹

†1.

a. The action of striking a person or animal with a whip, switch, or stick; a whipping, a thrashing. Cf. jerk v.¹ 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating

swingingc1200

beating?c1225

chastising1303

correctionc1386

lashingc1400

scouring1426

Moses' law1482

jerking1552

whipping1566

yarking1573

feaking1600

correct1606

tawing1620

lacing1622

castigation1640

basking1642

verberation1661

strappado1668

the lash1694

flogging1758

whopping1812

quilting1822

blistering1842

whaling1852

nailing1895

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something pliant

lashc1330

lashingc1400

jerking1552

jerk1555

whipping1577

slive1589

whissc1590

scutch1611

scutching1611

switchinga1640

cut1787

sliver1806

switch1809

welt1863

score1882

1552 MS Harl. 353 lf. 121 She sayd..that the kinge shewed himself an unnaturall nephew, and withall did wishe that she had had the ierkinge of him.

1682 T. Wood Dial. between Mr. Prejudice & Mr. Reason 18 'Twas put to the choice of a Dissenter, for Disturbing the Government, whether he would be hang'd or suffer a jirking at the Whipping-post.

1691 T. D'Urfey Love for Money iii. ii. 25 And did the Governess whip her, say ye Sir? Why this is barbarous, but yet I see she's pretty brisk for all her Jerking.

1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iv. 102 My lady's favour stood between your skin and many a jerking.

b. Mocking criticism. Cf. jerk v.¹ 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun]

hokerOE

hethingc1175

scornc1175

gabbinga1225

bourd1320

scoffc1330

illusiona1382

mowinga1382

derisiona1400

mockery?a1439

alluding1535

dor1552

jerking1565

mock1569

frumpery1582

subsannation1587

floutage1600

ridiculous1605

ludibry1637

ridicule1675

razoo1888

stick1956

1565 R. Shacklock tr. S. Hozjusz Hatchet of Heresies f. 82 They.., following the example of theire Master Luther can not staye themselues from stuffing all theire bokes, with mockyng and mowing, iyrkyng and yerkyng, stingyng and wrynggin farre otherwyse then it becometh Christians.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. i. i. 26 But lest I be ouer-bold with our Author, and may seeme to passe from a new argument to an old quarrell, and from ieasting to ierking; I contayne my selfe.

1670 T. Pittis Private Conf. Rich Alderman & Poor Country Vicar 168 When your Worship shall view the Book it self, you need hardly put on your Spectacles, to see the same drolling and jerking that you feel in some other discourses.

a. The action or an instance of moving with a quick, suddenly arrested movement, or of causing something to move in this way; a jerk or jerks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking

hitchingc1440

twitching1478

yarking?1561

flirting1593

flouncing1601

jerking1851

pecking1890

1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. iv. 178 The jerking of a Switch like the letter Q.

1675 J. Smith Horol. Dialogues iii. iii. 81 If they compress themselves more in one place than in another, it cannot in its extension move so free from jerking or twitching, as those that are compressed alike in all its parts.

1796 E. Day Poems & Fugitive Pieces 164 Such twistings and jerkings there were, Predetermin'd to heartily bump us.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 248 The breaks are successively brought into action..so as to avoid the danger of sudden jerking.

1960 P. Anderson in Fantastic Sci. Fiction Stories Apr. 86/2 Pseudograv could not smooth out all the jerking and buffeting which rocked the boat.

1996 New Idea June 93/2 The jerking of the flight simulator sent Lauren diving for the bucket.

b. Medicine. An involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle; spasmodic or convulsive movement of the body or a part of the body; an instance of this. Cf. jerk n.¹ 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > tic or twitch

spasm1477

vellication1665

subsultus1696

tic douloureux1800

tic1822

jerking1827

live blood1834

nervous tic1858

jactitation1861

habit spasm1888

myokymia1901

fasciculation1938

1827 Lancet 7 July 446/1 The muscular jerkings did not cease until death.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 519 Children with..nervous symptoms, such as starting, jerkings, etc.

1913 A. L. Blackwood Dis. Kidneys Nerv. Syst. 225 Twitching and jerking along the back like electric shocks, and paralytic weakness of the whole body.

1962 T. G. Hiebert Abbrev. Basic Med. Physiol. (ed. 4) i. viii. 69 Removal of this inhibitory influence..will result in writhing movement of body parts (athetosis) or uncontrollable jerking (chorea).

1967 Brain 90 247 The results suggest a strong positive correlation between the incidence of jerking and enlarged cortical responses.

1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. xviii. 112/1 The central nervous system (CNS) is commonly affected... Other CNS signs include torticollis, opisthotonus, tremors, nodding, jerking of the head, and bilateral paralysis of the limbs.

2005 S. Shorvon Handbk. Epilepsy Treatm. (ed. 2) i. 9/1 Clonic seizures consist of clonic jerking which is often asymmetric and irregular.

3. Male masturbation; (also) the action of masturbating a man. Frequently in jerking off (cf. to jerk off at jerk v.¹ Phrasal verbs).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > masturbation > [noun]

onanism1600

masturbation1603

mastupration1616

self-pollution1619

self-abuse1718

manustupration1728

self-stimulation1860

jerking1889

friggingc1890

autoeroticism1898

autoerotism1898

automanipulation1920

pocket billiards1940

wanking1944

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 497/2 Jerking, masturbation.

c1890 Stag Party Common, old fashioned f—k $1.00...Pudding jerking $2.00.

1917 S. E. Jelliffe tr. H. Silberer Probl. Mysticism & Symbolism i. 87 The breaking off of flowers, etc., in dreams generally signifies masturbation; common speech also knows this as ‘pulling off’ or ‘jerking off’.

1960 E. L. Wallant Human Season ix. 94 Another thing bothers me is your jerking off in bed at night.

1966 R. Manheim tr. L.-F. Céline Death on Installment Plan (1971) 233 In the dormitory everything went on as usual . . . the jerking and sucking.

2007 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 24 Sept. 23 Jerking off became my way of relieving my sexual tension, and believe me, I had a lot of sexual drive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jerkingn.²

Brit.

/ˈdʒəːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdʒərkɪŋ/

Forms: 1700s jirking, 1800s– jerking.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jerked adj.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < jerk- (in jerked adj.²) + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier jerkin adj., and later jerk v.² and jerk n.²

1. The action or technique of curing meat by cutting it into thin strips and drying it.

ΚΠ

1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. xvi They [sc. the wild hogs] are shot,..cut open, the bones taken out, and the flesh gash'd on the inside into the skin, filled with salt, and exposed to the sun, which is called Jirking.

a1811 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec (1812) 47 Preserve our provisions by jerking.

1937 A. Wynn in J. F. Dobie & M. C. Boatright Straight Texas 217 Jerking of beef or venison was common, the blow-fly seeming not to exist.

2008 A. R. Gehring Back to Basics (ed. 3) iv. 227/1 Frontiersmen were quick to learn jerking for their own survival.

2. In Jamaican cookery: the action or technique of marinating (meat, esp. pork or chicken) in a spicy mixture of seasonings (typically including allspice and Scotch bonnet chilli peppers) before smoke-curing or barbecuing it.Jerking was originally practised by Jamaican maroons as a way of cooking and preserving the meat of wild hogs.

ΚΠ

1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica p. xxi (table of contents) Forest Swine. Jerking. Barbecued Pig. Maroons.

1893 C. J. Ward World's Fair, Jamaica at Chicago 71 Wherever the hog is killed there the camp is pitched..and, a fire being kindled, the process of ‘jerking’ is begun.

1973 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 18 Oct. 23 The only parts that we cook before jerking are the bones and head.

1993 E. Donaldson Real Taste Jamaica (2000) 78 There was a time when jerking was confined to pork; today buyers can enjoy jerk pork, chicken, fish and even jerk lobster from jerk ‘pits’ all over the island.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jerkingadj.

Brit.

/ˈdʒəːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdʒərkɪŋ/

Forms: see jerk v.¹ and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jerk v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < jerk v.¹ + -ing suffix².

†1.

a. Of speech or writing: characterized by mocking criticism; cutting. Cf. jerk v.¹ 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adjective]

gamelyOE

hathfula1250

scornfula1400

hathlya1425

mockisha1513

mockinga1529

mowinga1529

deriding1530

hethingfulc1540

bourding1552

make-sport1582

frumping1587

yarking1593

jerking1596

bobbing1605

derident1609

buffoonizing1611

scoptical?1611

scommatizing1613

derisory1618

ridiculous1622

ludibriousa1643

frumpish1647

twitting1655

derisivea1662

derisorious1664

scoptic1670

ridiculing1684

derisionarya1704

mockful1754

irrisory1846

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. L4^v The Doctor had some ierking Hexameters or other shortly after to passe the stampe.

1600 J. Weever Faunus & Melliflora sig. I2^v Hold, stay thy lashing hand, and ierking rimes, There is no lewdnesse in these Halcyon times.

1657 W. Barlee Prædestination 115 It must needs follow, for all your jerking toyish gybes,..that [etc.].

1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 619 Wherein was represented a perfect trial of each others skill and parts in a jerking, flirting way of writing.

b. That strikes with a whip, switch, or stick; (figurative) engaging in mocking criticism. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii. sig. M^v Howsoeuer Fooles, or Ierking Pedants, Players, or such like Buffonary wits, May with their beggerly, and barren trash, Tickle base vulgar eares, in their despight.

1606 Returne from Pernassus i. i. sig. A4 I, Iuuenall: thy ierking hand is good, Not gently laying on, but fetching bloud.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd (ed. 2) 51 Triplet..in his turn avenged himself of his jerking Pedagogue.

1683 Apol. for God's Worship & Worshipers 288 A vain-glorious, contentious, scornful, scurrilous, jerking, envious Ministry.

2. Characterized by quick, sharp, sudden movements, or abrupt stops and starts; consisting of a jerk or jerks; moving with a jerk or jerks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [adjective] > jerking

yarking1565

jerking1653

flerking1710

hitching1832

squibbing1895

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxv. 160 Clapping his right hand flat upon the middle of the saddle, he gave himself such a jerking swing, that he thereby seated himself upon the crupper.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. i. 55 The irregular, uncertain, and jerking motion of the bat in the air.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxiv. 410 The long lance is accurately darted from a violently rocking, jerking boat, under extreme headway.

1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xvii. 376 Three sharp jerking shocks of earthquake.

1921 C. Meigs Windy Hill iii. 49 He sat with them in the library, still restless and uneasy and speaking only now and then, in jerking sentences that they could scarcely follow.

2015 Hays (Kansas) Daily News 25 Feb. a5/4 He was sitting at a small table working on his laptop when he felt a sudden jerking movement.

Derivatives

ˈjerkingly adv. in a jerking manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [adverb] > jerkily

jerkingly1832

jerkily1839

hitchily1872

1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. I. xv. 237 He looked like an ill-constructed machine, set in action by a movement so violent, as to threaten its own destruction, so jerkingly, painfully, yet rapidly, did his words tumble out.

1880 J. E. Burton Handbk. Midwives §42. 29 The limbs begin to move jerkingly.

2008 Daily Tel. 5 May 20/2 We braked hard, jerkingly hard.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.¹1552

n.²1707

adj.1596

单词	jerking
释义	jerkingn.¹ Brit. /ˈdʒəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdʒərkɪŋ/ Forms: see jerk v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jerk v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < jerk v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly later jerk n.¹ †1. a. The action of striking a person or animal with a whip, switch, or stick; a whipping, a thrashing. Cf. jerk v.¹ 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating swingingc1200 beating?c1225 chastising1303 correctionc1386 lashingc1400 scouring1426 Moses' law1482 jerking1552 whipping1566 yarking1573 feaking1600 correct1606 tawing1620 lacing1622 castigation1640 basking1642 verberation1661 strappado1668 the lash1694 flogging1758 whopping1812 quilting1822 blistering1842 whaling1852 nailing1895 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something pliant lashc1330 lashingc1400 jerking1552 jerk1555 whipping1577 slive1589 whissc1590 scutch1611 scutching1611 switchinga1640 cut1787 sliver1806 switch1809 welt1863 score1882 1552 MS Harl. 353 lf. 121 She sayd..that the kinge shewed himself an unnaturall nephew, and withall did wishe that she had had the ierkinge of him. 1682 T. Wood Dial. between Mr. Prejudice & Mr. Reason 18 'Twas put to the choice of a Dissenter, for Disturbing the Government, whether he would be hang'd or suffer a jirking at the Whipping-post. 1691 T. D'Urfey Love for Money iii. ii. 25 And did the Governess whip her, say ye Sir? Why this is barbarous, but yet I see she's pretty brisk for all her Jerking. 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iv. 102 My lady's favour stood between your skin and many a jerking. b. Mocking criticism. Cf. jerk v.¹ 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] hokerOE hethingc1175 scornc1175 gabbinga1225 bourd1320 scoffc1330 illusiona1382 mowinga1382 derisiona1400 mockery?a1439 alluding1535 dor1552 jerking1565 mock1569 frumpery1582 subsannation1587 floutage1600 ridiculous1605 ludibry1637 ridicule1675 razoo1888 stick1956 1565 R. Shacklock tr. S. Hozjusz Hatchet of Heresies f. 82 They.., following the example of theire Master Luther can not staye themselues from stuffing all theire bokes, with mockyng and mowing, iyrkyng and yerkyng, stingyng and wrynggin farre otherwyse then it becometh Christians. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. i. i. 26 But lest I be ouer-bold with our Author, and may seeme to passe from a new argument to an old quarrell, and from ieasting to ierking; I contayne my selfe. 1670 T. Pittis Private Conf. Rich Alderman & Poor Country Vicar 168 When your Worship shall view the Book it self, you need hardly put on your Spectacles, to see the same drolling and jerking that you feel in some other discourses. 2. a. The action or an instance of moving with a quick, suddenly arrested movement, or of causing something to move in this way; a jerk or jerks. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking hitchingc1440 twitching1478 yarking?1561 flirting1593 flouncing1601 jerking1851 pecking1890 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. iv. 178 The jerking of a Switch like the letter Q. 1675 J. Smith Horol. Dialogues iii. iii. 81 If they compress themselves more in one place than in another, it cannot in its extension move so free from jerking or twitching, as those that are compressed alike in all its parts. 1796 E. Day Poems & Fugitive Pieces 164 Such twistings and jerkings there were, Predetermin'd to heartily bump us. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 248 The breaks are successively brought into action..so as to avoid the danger of sudden jerking. 1960 P. Anderson in Fantastic Sci. Fiction Stories Apr. 86/2 Pseudograv could not smooth out all the jerking and buffeting which rocked the boat. 1996 New Idea June 93/2 The jerking of the flight simulator sent Lauren diving for the bucket. b. Medicine. An involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle; spasmodic or convulsive movement of the body or a part of the body; an instance of this. Cf. jerk n.¹ 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > tic or twitch spasm1477 vellication1665 subsultus1696 tic douloureux1800 tic1822 jerking1827 live blood1834 nervous tic1858 jactitation1861 habit spasm1888 myokymia1901 fasciculation1938 1827 Lancet 7 July 446/1 The muscular jerkings did not cease until death. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 519 Children with..nervous symptoms, such as starting, jerkings, etc. 1913 A. L. Blackwood Dis. Kidneys Nerv. Syst. 225 Twitching and jerking along the back like electric shocks, and paralytic weakness of the whole body. 1962 T. G. Hiebert Abbrev. Basic Med. Physiol. (ed. 4) i. viii. 69 Removal of this inhibitory influence..will result in writhing movement of body parts (athetosis) or uncontrollable jerking (chorea). 1967 Brain 90 247 The results suggest a strong positive correlation between the incidence of jerking and enlarged cortical responses. 1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. xviii. 112/1 The central nervous system (CNS) is commonly affected... Other CNS signs include torticollis, opisthotonus, tremors, nodding, jerking of the head, and bilateral paralysis of the limbs. 2005 S. Shorvon Handbk. Epilepsy Treatm. (ed. 2) i. 9/1 Clonic seizures consist of clonic jerking which is often asymmetric and irregular. 3. Male masturbation; (also) the action of masturbating a man. Frequently in jerking off (cf. to jerk off at jerk v.¹ Phrasal verbs). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > masturbation > [noun] onanism1600 masturbation1603 mastupration1616 self-pollution1619 self-abuse1718 manustupration1728 self-stimulation1860 jerking1889 friggingc1890 autoeroticism1898 autoerotism1898 automanipulation1920 pocket billiards1940 wanking1944 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 497/2 Jerking, masturbation. c1890 Stag Party Common, old fashioned f—k $1.00...Pudding jerking $2.00. 1917 S. E. Jelliffe tr. H. Silberer Probl. Mysticism & Symbolism i. 87 The breaking off of flowers, etc., in dreams generally signifies masturbation; common speech also knows this as ‘pulling off’ or ‘jerking off’. 1960 E. L. Wallant Human Season ix. 94 Another thing bothers me is your jerking off in bed at night. 1966 R. Manheim tr. L.-F. Céline Death on Installment Plan (1971) 233 In the dormitory everything went on as usual . . . the jerking and sucking. 2007 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 24 Sept. 23 Jerking off became my way of relieving my sexual tension, and believe me, I had a lot of sexual drive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jerkingn.² Brit. /ˈdʒəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdʒərkɪŋ/ Forms: 1700s jirking, 1800s– jerking. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jerked adj.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < jerk- (in jerked adj.²) + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier jerkin adj., and later jerk v.² and jerk n.² 1. The action or technique of curing meat by cutting it into thin strips and drying it. ΚΠ 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. xvi They [sc. the wild hogs] are shot,..cut open, the bones taken out, and the flesh gash'd on the inside into the skin, filled with salt, and exposed to the sun, which is called Jirking. a1811 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec (1812) 47 Preserve our provisions by jerking. 1937 A. Wynn in J. F. Dobie & M. C. Boatright Straight Texas 217 Jerking of beef or venison was common, the blow-fly seeming not to exist. 2008 A. R. Gehring Back to Basics (ed. 3) iv. 227/1 Frontiersmen were quick to learn jerking for their own survival. 2. In Jamaican cookery: the action or technique of marinating (meat, esp. pork or chicken) in a spicy mixture of seasonings (typically including allspice and Scotch bonnet chilli peppers) before smoke-curing or barbecuing it.Jerking was originally practised by Jamaican maroons as a way of cooking and preserving the meat of wild hogs. ΚΠ 1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica p. xxi (table of contents) Forest Swine. Jerking. Barbecued Pig. Maroons. 1893 C. J. Ward World's Fair, Jamaica at Chicago 71 Wherever the hog is killed there the camp is pitched..and, a fire being kindled, the process of ‘jerking’ is begun. 1973 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 18 Oct. 23 The only parts that we cook before jerking are the bones and head. 1993 E. Donaldson Real Taste Jamaica (2000) 78 There was a time when jerking was confined to pork; today buyers can enjoy jerk pork, chicken, fish and even jerk lobster from jerk ‘pits’ all over the island. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jerkingadj. Brit. /ˈdʒəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdʒərkɪŋ/ Forms: see jerk v.¹ and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jerk v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < jerk v.¹ + -ing suffix². †1. a. Of speech or writing: characterized by mocking criticism; cutting. Cf. jerk v.¹ 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adjective] gamelyOE hathfula1250 scornfula1400 hathlya1425 mockisha1513 mockinga1529 mowinga1529 deriding1530 hethingfulc1540 bourding1552 make-sport1582 frumping1587 yarking1593 jerking1596 bobbing1605 derident1609 buffoonizing1611 scoptical?1611 scommatizing1613 derisory1618 ridiculous1622 ludibriousa1643 frumpish1647 twitting1655 derisivea1662 derisorious1664 scoptic1670 ridiculing1684 derisionarya1704 mockful1754 irrisory1846 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. L4^v The Doctor had some ierking Hexameters or other shortly after to passe the stampe. 1600 J. Weever Faunus & Melliflora sig. I2^v Hold, stay thy lashing hand, and ierking rimes, There is no lewdnesse in these Halcyon times. 1657 W. Barlee Prædestination 115 It must needs follow, for all your jerking toyish gybes,..that [etc.]. 1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 619 Wherein was represented a perfect trial of each others skill and parts in a jerking, flirting way of writing. b. That strikes with a whip, switch, or stick; (figurative) engaging in mocking criticism. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii. sig. M^v Howsoeuer Fooles, or Ierking Pedants, Players, or such like Buffonary wits, May with their beggerly, and barren trash, Tickle base vulgar eares, in their despight. 1606 Returne from Pernassus i. i. sig. A4 I, Iuuenall: thy ierking hand is good, Not gently laying on, but fetching bloud. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd (ed. 2) 51 Triplet..in his turn avenged himself of his jerking Pedagogue. 1683 Apol. for God's Worship & Worshipers 288 A vain-glorious, contentious, scornful, scurrilous, jerking, envious Ministry. 2. Characterized by quick, sharp, sudden movements, or abrupt stops and starts; consisting of a jerk or jerks; moving with a jerk or jerks. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [adjective] > jerking yarking1565 jerking1653 flerking1710 hitching1832 squibbing1895 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxv. 160 Clapping his right hand flat upon the middle of the saddle, he gave himself such a jerking swing, that he thereby seated himself upon the crupper. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. i. 55 The irregular, uncertain, and jerking motion of the bat in the air. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxiv. 410 The long lance is accurately darted from a violently rocking, jerking boat, under extreme headway. 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xvii. 376 Three sharp jerking shocks of earthquake. 1921 C. Meigs Windy Hill iii. 49 He sat with them in the library, still restless and uneasy and speaking only now and then, in jerking sentences that they could scarcely follow. 2015 Hays (Kansas) Daily News 25 Feb. a5/4 He was sitting at a small table working on his laptop when he felt a sudden jerking movement. Derivatives ˈjerkingly adv. in a jerking manner. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [adverb] > jerkily jerkingly1832 jerkily1839 hitchily1872 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. I. xv. 237 He looked like an ill-constructed machine, set in action by a movement so violent, as to threaten its own destruction, so jerkingly, painfully, yet rapidly, did his words tumble out. 1880 J. E. Burton Handbk. Midwives §42. 29 The limbs begin to move jerkingly. 2008 Daily Tel. 5 May 20/2 We braked hard, jerkingly hard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1552n.²1707adj.1596
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