Jerk Meaning and Definition
What is the definition Jerk? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Example sentences, Synonyms, Derivations, Words ending with Jerk, Related sentences, How to pronounce? Words starting with Jerk, Antonyms and more...
Word: Jerk
How to pronounce: ʤɜːk
Noun
Definitions:
1. A quick, sharp, sudden movement.
Example sentences: "He gave a sudden jerk of his head"
2. A contemptibly obnoxious person.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Move or cause to move with a jerk.
Example sentences: "The van jerked forward"
Noun
Definitions:
1. Meat or fish that has been seasoned or marinated in a blend of chili, allspice, and other ingredients and barbecued over a wood fire.
Example sentences: "A plate of jerk chicken"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Season or marinate (meat or fish) in a blend of chili, allspice, and other ingredients and barbecue it over a wood fire.
2. Cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it.
Synonyms:
throw up
yank
pull
twitch
snatch
pluck
haul
pull away
draw
jiggle
scum
brat
bastard
pipsqueak
scumbag
schmuck
milksop
sleazeball
crud
blighter
rotter
toad
reptile
swine
varmint
dirtbag
cur
tug
twitches
hitch
wrench
lunge
flick
jolt
quake
push
shudder
toss
cretin
joker
clown
dork
lout
twist
squirm
creep
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Jerk in Other Languages...
Spanish: Tirón
German: Ruck
French: Branler
Italian: Scatto
Turkish: Pislik