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J0032000 (jûrk)v. jerked, jerk·ing, jerks v.tr.1. To give a sudden quick thrust, push, pull, or twist to.2. To throw or toss with a quick abrupt motion.3. To utter abruptly or sharply: jerked out the answer.4. To make and serve (ice-cream sodas, for example) at a soda fountain.5. Sports To press (a weight) overhead from shoulder height in a quick motion.v.intr.1. To move in sudden abrupt motions; jolt: The train jerked forward.2. To make spasmodic motions: My legs jerked from fatigue.n.1. A sudden abrupt motion, such as a yank or twist.2. A jolting or lurching motion.3. Physiology A sudden reflexive or spasmodic muscular movement.4. jerks Involuntary convulsive twitching often resulting from excitement. Often used with the.5. Slang A foolish, rude, or contemptible person.6. Sports A lift in which the weight is heaved overhead from shoulder height with a quick motion.Phrasal Verbs: jerk off Vulgar Slang To masturbate. jerk around To take unfair advantage of, deceive, or manipulate.

[Origin unknown.]

jerk′er n.jerk′ing·ly adv.

jerk²

J0032000 (jûrk)tr.v. jerked, jerk·ing, jerks To cut (meat) into long strips and dry in the sun or cure by exposing to smoke.adj. Being or relating to a method of barbecuing meat that has been seasoned and wrapped in leaves of the allspice tree: jerk chicken.

[Back-formation from jerky.]

jerk

(dʒɜːk) vb1. to move or cause to move with an irregular or spasmodic motion2. to throw, twist, pull, or push (something) abruptly or spasmodically3. (often foll by: out) to utter (words, sounds, etc) in a spasmodic, abrupt, or breathless mannern4. an abrupt or spasmodic movement5. an irregular jolting motion: the car moved with a jerk. 6. (plural) informal Also called: physical jerks Brit physical exercises7. (Pathology) (plural) US a slang word for chorea8. slang chiefly US and Canadian a person regarded with contempt, esp a stupid or ignorant person[C16: probably variant of yerk to pull stitches tight in making a shoe; compare Old English gearcian to make ready] ˈjerker n ˈjerking adj, n

jerk

(dʒɜːk) vb (tr) (Cookery) to preserve (venison, beef, etc) by cutting into thin strips and curing by drying in the sunn (Cookery) Also called: jerky jerked meat, esp beef[C18: back formation from jerky, from charqui]

jerk¹

(dʒɜrk)
n. 1. a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, or the like; sudden, abrupt movement. 2. a sudden involuntary muscle contraction, as of a reflex. 3. Slang. a contemptibly naive, stupid, or insignificant person. 4. (in weightlifting) the raising of a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms. 5. the jerks, involuntary, spasmodic muscular movements, as from emotional tension. v.t. 6. to pull, twist, move, thrust, or throw with a quick, suddenly arrested motion: She jerked the child by the hand. 7. Informal. to prepare and serve (sodas, ice cream, etc.) at a soda fountain. v.i. 8. to give a jerk or jerks. 9. to move with a quick, sharp motion; move spasmodically. 10. Informal. to work as a soda jerk. 11. jerk around, to treat (someone) in a manipulative and deceitful manner. 12. jerk off, Vulgar Slang. to masturbate. [1540–50; perhaps dial. variant of yerk to draw stitches tight (shoemaker's term)] jerk′er, n.

jerk²

(dʒɜrk)

v.t. 1. to preserve (meat, esp. beef) by cutting in strips and drying in the sun. adj. 2. being or containing a spicy seasoning mixture flavored with allspice, used esp. in Jamaican cooking: jerk sauce. 3. prepared with jerk flavorings, esp. by barbecuing or grilling: jerk chicken. [1700–10; < American Spanish charquear, derivative of charqui jerky²]

jerk

flounce - Can mean a sudden fling or jerk of the body or a limb.
hike - As a walk, it evolved from its original meaning of "to jerk or pull" (oneself along).
jerk - As in jerked meat (e.g. beef jerky), it is from American Spanish and Quechua charqui, "dried flesh."
weight lifting, power lifting - Weight lifting is specifically the press, the clean and jerk, and the snatch; power lifting is the bench press, squat, and dead lift.

jerk

Past participle: jerked
Gerund: jerking

Imperative
jerk
jerk

Present
I jerk
you jerk
he/she/it jerks
we jerk
you jerk
they jerk

Preterite
I jerked
you jerked
he/she/it jerked
we jerked
you jerked
they jerked

Present Continuous
I am jerking
you are jerking
he/she/it is jerking
we are jerking
you are jerking
they are jerking

Present Perfect
I have jerked
you have jerked
he/she/it has jerked
we have jerked
you have jerked
they have jerked

Past Continuous
I was jerking
you were jerking
he/she/it was jerking
we were jerking
you were jerking
they were jerking

Past Perfect
I had jerked
you had jerked
he/she/it had jerked
we had jerked
you had jerked
they had jerked

Future
I will jerk
you will jerk
he/she/it will jerk
we will jerk
you will jerk
they will jerk

Future Perfect
I will have jerked
you will have jerked
he/she/it will have jerked
we will have jerked
you will have jerked
they will have jerked

Future Continuous
I will be jerking
you will be jerking
he/she/it will be jerking
we will be jerking
you will be jerking
they will be jerking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been jerking
you have been jerking
he/she/it has been jerking
we have been jerking
you have been jerking
they have been jerking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been jerking
you will have been jerking
he/she/it will have been jerking
we will have been jerking
you will have been jerking
they will have been jerking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been jerking
you had been jerking
he/she/it had been jerking
we had been jerking
you had been jerking
they had been jerking

Conditional
I would jerk
you would jerk
he/she/it would jerk
we would jerk
you would jerk
they would jerk

Past Conditional
I would have jerked
you would have jerked
he/she/it would have jerked
we would have jerked
you would have jerked
they would have jerked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jerk - a dull stupid fatuous persondorkmisfit - someone unable to adapt to their circumstancesschmo, schmuck, shmo, shmuck - (Yiddish) a jerk
	2.	jerk - an abrupt spasmodic movementjerking, jolt, saccademovement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
	3.	jerk - (mechanics) the rate of change of accelerationmechanics - the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of referencerate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"
	4.	jerk - meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sunjerked meat, jerkymeat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as foodbeef jerky - strips of dried beefbiltong - meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun
	5.	jerk - raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the armsweightlift, weightlifting - bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weightsclean, clean and jerk - a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
	6.	jerk - a sudden abrupt pull tugpull, pulling - the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"
Verb	1.	jerk - pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"yankdraw, pull, force - cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
	2.	jerk - move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings"twitchtwitch, jerk - make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	3.	jerk - make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"twitchfibrillate - make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements; "His heart fibrillated and he died"move involuntarily, move reflexively - move in an uncontrolled mannerjerk, twitch - move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings"
	4.	jerk - jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"hitch, buckmove - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	5.	jerk - throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"flickpush, force - move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

jerk

verb1. jolt, bang, bump, lurch, shake The car jerked to a halt.noun1. lurch, movement, thrust, twitch, jolt, throw He indicated the bedroom with a jerk of his head.2. (Chiefly U.S. & Canad.) idiot, fool, prick (derogatory slang), wally (slang), prat (slang), plonker (slang), coot, moron, geek (slang), twit (informal, chiefly Brit.), plank (Brit. slang), chump, imbecile, cretin, oaf, simpleton, dimwit (informal), dipstick (Brit. slang), dickhead (slang), gonzo (slang), schmuck (U.S. slang), dork (slang), nitwit (informal), divvy (Brit. slang), pillock (Brit. slang), halfwit, nincompoop, dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), dunderhead, numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), lamebrain (informal), fuckwit (taboo slang), mooncalf, dickwit (slang), nerd or nurd (slang), numbskull or numskull He'd tricked her into walking into the garbage, to make her look like a total jerk!

jerk

verb1. To move or cause to move with a sudden abrupt motion:lurch, snap, twitch, wrench, yank.2. To proceed with sudden, abrupt movements:bump, jolt.noun1. A sudden motion, such as a pull:lurch, snap, tug, twitch, wrench, yank.2. Slang. One deficient in judgment and good sense:ass, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool.Informal: dope, gander, goose.Slang: cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey.3. Slang. An unpleasant, tiresome person:bore.Slang: drip, dweeb, nerd, pill, poop.

Translations

使猝然一动急拉猛拉

jerk

(dʒəːk) noun a short, sudden movement. We felt a jerk as the train started.猛拉 verb to move with a jerk or jerks. He grasped my arm and jerked me round; The car jerked to a halt. 急拉，（使）猝然一动 ˈjerky adjective jerking; full of jerks. a jerky movement; a jerky way of speaking.急动的ˈjerkily adverb急动地ˈjerkiness noun急拉

jerk

jerk off

1. noun, vulgar slang A thoroughly incompetent, foolish, bumbling, or useless person. I can't believe that jerk off got elected to the Senate! Get off the road before you kill someone, jerk off!2. verb, vulgar slang To masturbate or bring someone to orgasm, especially a male.3. verb, vulgar slang To waste or pass time idly or by doing nothing or engaging in foolish behavior. Would you quit jerkin' off and help me move this sofa out to the truck?See also: jerk, off

jerk (one's) chain

To tease someone, often by trying to convince them of something untrue. Quit jerking my chain, I know there isn't a Hollywood director calling me right now. I love jerking my sister's chain—it's almost too easy to annoy her.See also: chain, jerk

beat off

1. To send away; to force to retreat. Despite the connotation of "beat," this phrase is often used hyperbolically and does not have to reference violent action. Because their house is in such a great location, they have been beating off a lot of interested buyers. I somehow managed to beat off the intruder with a baseball bat. Your daughter is so pretty—it's only a matter of time until she's beating off the suitors!2. vulgar slang To masturbate. Typically said of males. A: "Why is he all embarrassed today?" B: "Oh, his crush walked in on him beating off. How horrifying is that?"See also: beat, off

jerk around

1. rude slang To waste or pass time idly or by doing nothing or engaging in foolish behavior. Stop jerking around and start cleaning this place up—my parents will be home soon!2. rude slang To tease someone, often by trying to convince them of something untrue. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is sometimes used between "jerk" and "around." Quit jerking me around, I know there isn't a Hollywood director calling me right now.3. rude slang To waste someone's time, often by being indirect. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is sometimes used between "jerk" and "around." I don't understand why they didn't just tell me no right away. Instead, they jerked me around for three weeks when I could have been looking for other jobs.See also: around, jerk

put a jerk in it

old-fashioned Hurry up; act more lively or quickly. Put a jerk in it, gentlemen, we don't have much time to get this finished!See also: jerk, put

soda jerk

dated An attendant at a drug store who would prepare and serve flavored carbonated beverages ("sodas"). The "jerk" part of the phrase is a pun on "clerk," and the jerking motion of the soda fountain spigots while pouring. Popular in the lead up to the 1940s–'50s, when drugstores sold food and drinks from behind a counter. Back when I was your age, I had to work as a soda jerk every day of the week in order to afford my first car. The retro-themed café even had a section meant to resemble an old-timey drugstore, complete with a soda jerk and soda fountain!See also: jerk, soda

jerkwater

Describing a very small and unremarkable rural town. The term comes from the practice of "jerking water": supplying steam locomotives with water from buckets, once a common practice in smaller towns. I can't wait to graduate high school and get out of this boring, jerkwater town!

jerkwater town

A very small and unremarkable town that is typically regarded as dull or boring. The term comes from the practice of "jerking water": supplying steam locomotives with water from buckets, once a common practice in smaller towns. I can't wait to graduate high school and get out of this boring, jerkwater town!See also: jerkwater, town

circle jerk

1. vulgar slang A gathering in which males masturbate ("jerk off") together, perhaps while standing in a circle.2. vulgar slang By extension, something that is ultimately pointless but pleases and gratifies the participants. The so-called "group discussion" was just a circle jerk of people who love to hear themselves talk.See also: circle, jerk

beat someone or something off

to drive someone or something away by beating. They beat the enemy off. The army beat off the savage attack, saving the town. I was able to beat off the intruder.See also: beat, off

jack around

and jerk aroundsl. to waste time. Stop jacking around and get some work done! The kids spend most of the day jerking around.See also: around, jack

jack someone around

and jerk someone aroundSl. to give someone a difficult time; to harass someone. Come on! Stop jacking me around! Max started jerking Lefty around, and it looked as if there was going to be trouble. You jack around everyone you know!See also: around, jack

jerk someone around

and jerk someone overto hassle someone; to waste someone's time. Stop jerking me around and give me my money back. They sure like to jerk around people in that music shop.See also: around, jerk

jerk someone or something out of something

and jerk someone or something outto pull someone or something out of something sharply and quickly. She jerked the baby out of the crib and ran from the burning room. I jerked the puppy out of the mud. She jerked out the puppy before it got soaked.See also: jerk, of, out

jerk something away (from someone, something, or an animal)

to snatch something away or quickly pull something back from someone or an animal. I jerked the bone away from the dog. Kelly jerked the ant poison away from the child. Mary jerked her hand away from the fire.See also: away, jerk

jerk something off (of) someone or something

and jerk something offto snatch or quickly pull something off someone or something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Alice jerked the top off the box and poured out the contents. She jerked off the box top.See also: jerk, off

jerk something out of someone or something

and jerk something outto pull something out of someone or something quickly. The doctor jerked the arrow out of Bill's leg. He jerked out the arrow.See also: jerk, of, out

jerk something up

1. to pull something up quickly. He jerked his belt up tight. He jerked up the zipper to his jacket. 2. to lift up something, such as ears, quickly. The dog jerked its ears up. The dog jerked up its ears when it heard the floor creak. The soldier jerked his binoculars up to try to see the sniper.See also: jerk, up

knee-jerk reaction

Fig. an automatic or reflex reaction; an immediate reaction made without examining causes or facts. With one of his typical knee-jerk reactions, he said no immediately, citing some moral argument that no one understood.See also: reaction

beat off

Repulse, drive away by blows, as in We tried to beat off the flying ants swarming about us. Originating in the mid-1600s in a military context, this term was being used for other activities by the mid-1700s. See also: beat, off

jerk around

Take unfair advantage of, manipulate or deceive, as in Leave me alone; quit jerking me around! or He was jerking you around when he said he was home all evening. [Slang; mid-1900s] See also: around, jerk

jerk off

Also, jack off. Masturbate, as in His roommate was always jerking off. [ Vulgar slang; first half of 1900s] See also: jerk, off

put a jerk in it

act vigorously, smartly, or quickly. informal, dated 1939 C. Day Lewis Child of Misfortune Put a jerk in it. I'm meeting my boy at the second house at the Royal. See also: jerk, put

beat off

v.1. To drive someone or something away, especially by fighting or hitting: Two robbers attacked me on the subway, but I beat them off with my bag. After a long battle, the soldiers beat off the invaders.2. To defeat someone or something in a competition: Our company intends to beat off our rivals for the contract. The visiting team was behind us for most of the game, but beat us off squarely in the end.3. Vulgar Slang To masturbate. Used of males.See also: beat, off

jerk around

v.1. Slang To waste time: They jerked around for hours instead of doing their homework.2. To take unfair advantage of someone, especially by deception or manipulation: Don't jerk me around; tell me what's going on. The con artist jerked around the unsuspecting tourists at the carnival.See also: around, jerk

jerk off

v. Vulgar Slang To masturbate. Used chiefly of males.See also: jerk, off

beat off

and ball off and jack off and jag off and jerk off and pull oneself off and toss off and wack off and wank off and whack off and whank off and whip off1. in. to masturbate. (Usually objectionable.) They say if you beat off too much, you’ll get pimples. 2. in. to waste time; to waste one’s efforts; to do something inefficiently. The whole lot of them were jacking off rather than sticking to business. Stop whanking off and get on with your work! See also: beat, off

jerk off

verbSee beat offSee also: jerk, off

circle-jerk

1. n. a gathering of males performing mutual masturbation. (Partly jocular. Usually objectionable.) There were twelve boys involved in a circle-jerk, and the principal caught them. 2. n. a boring or time-wasting meeting. (From sense 1) That board meeting was the typical circle-jerk that it always is.

jack around

in. to waste time; to mess around. (Akin to jack off.) Stop jacking around and get busy. See also: around, jack

jerk

n. a stupid or worthless person. (Now both males and females.) You are such a classic jerk!

jerk around

in. to waste time. All you do is jerk around. Get a move on! See also: around, jerk

jerk off

in. to masturbate. (see also beat off. Usually objectionable.) That kid spends all his time jerking off. See also: jerk, off

jerk someone around

and jerk someone over tv. to hassle someone; to waste someone’s time. Stop jerking me around and give me my money back! We jerked him over for a while, but he still wouldn’t come across. See also: around, jerk, someone

jerk someone over

verbSee jerk someone aroundSee also: jerk, over, someone

jerks

n. the delirium tremens. The old guy has the jerks. See also: jerk

jerkwater

mod. rural; backwoodsy; insignificant. (see also one-horse town.) I’m from a little jerkwater town in the Midwest.

knee-jerk

mod. automatic; quick and without thought. That was only a knee-jerk response. Pay no attention.

jerkwater town

A small community with modest conveniences. Tracks along main lines in the early days of American railroading had permanent towers that supplied water for steam locomotives. Not so along less important routes, so train crews and any other willing hands had to form bucket brigades to fill the boiler from streams and ponds. Filling the buckets was known as “jerking water,” and any small collection of houses, stores, and community buildings where that was done were “jerkwater towns.” The epithet stuck, especially when people from larger towns and cities wanted a snide way of referring to small towns.See also: jerkwater, town

soda jerk

Drug store counterman. Those of us old enough to remember when pharmacies sold nothing but medicine and medications, magazines and comic books, candy, and soda fountain treats, a man behind the zinc-and-marble counter made and dispensed sodas, frappes, milkshakes, malteds, and other ice cream–based concoctions, as well as banana splits, Cokes, lime rickeys, and dozens of other refreshments. He was the soda jerk, the name coming from the fountain dispensers with handles that he jerked down to pour seltzer and other soft drinks. For some unclear reason, women weren't soda jerks.See also: jerk, soda

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verb jolt

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noun lurch

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noun idiot

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verb to move or cause to move with a sudden abrupt motion

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verb to proceed with sudden, abrupt movements

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noun a sudden motion, such as a pull

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noun one deficient in judgment and good sense

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noun an unpleasant, tiresome person

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