jerk
jerk
Ƥɜrk
jērk
/d‍ʒˈɜːk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "jerk"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļ⧁āĻ•āύ⧋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ, āϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ

meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
jerk definition and meaning
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āϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•, āϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āύ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϝ

a dance style characterized by sharp, exaggerated movements of the arms, shoulders, and legs, often performed to hip hop or electronic music
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a mean, selfish, or obnoxious person

Informal
Offensive
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āĻāĻžāρāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύ

an abrupt spasmodic movement
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āĻāĻžāρāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ, āϟāĻžāύ

a sudden abrupt pull
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He felt a jerk on the fishing line, signaling a catch.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻžāρāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϧāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧇āϤ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•, āĻ“āϜāύ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž

raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
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āĻāĻžāρāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ, āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž

(mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
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āĻāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to move abruptly in a short, sudden manner
Intransitive
to jerk definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The boat jerked as it hit a wave, causing everyone on board to sway.
āύ⧌āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĸ⧇āωāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āύāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻĻ⧁āϞ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āϟāĻžāύāĻž

to cause to move abruptly and with a sudden, sharp motion
Transitive: to jerk sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She jerked the cord to turn off the malfunctioning lamp.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to throw or toss something abruptly and with a sudden, sharp motion
Transitive: to jerk sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Startled by a sudden movement, she jerked the ball across the room.
āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻŽāϕ⧇ āωāϠ⧇, āϏ⧇ āϘāϰ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϛ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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