Jerk Meaning and Definition


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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...

Jerk meaning

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


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