Meaning of jerk in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.

• A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

  Example: When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!

• A dull or stupid person.

• A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable.

  Example: I finally fired him, because he was being a real jerk to his customers, even to some of the staff.

• The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

• A soda jerk.

• A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.

verb

• To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

• To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

• To masturbate.

• To beat, to hit.

• To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.

  Example: to jerk a stone

• (usually transitive) To lift using a jerk.

• To flout with contempt.

noun

• A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.

• Meat cured by jerking; charqui.

  Example: Jerk chicken is a local favorite.

verb

• To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.