JERK
\d͡ʒˈɜːk], \dʒˈɜːk], \dʒ_ˈɜː_k]\
Definitions of JERK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(mechanics) the rate of change of velocity
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jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
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To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.
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To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
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To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.
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To flout with contempt.
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A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
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A sudden start or spring.
By Oddity Software
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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
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To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.
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To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
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To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.
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To flout with contempt.
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A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
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A sudden start or spring.
By Noah Webster.
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To give a sudden pull, twist, or push to; throw with a sudden quick movement; cut into long strips and dry in the sun, as beef.
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A sudden quick pull.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To throw with a quick effort: to give a sudden movement.
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A short, sudden movement: a striking against with a sudden motion.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To give a jerk to; move with jerks.
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A short, sharp pull, twitch, or fling.
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Jerky.
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To cure (meat) by cutting into strips and drying.
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Meat, as beef, so cured. jerked beef; jerked meat.
By James Champlin Fernald
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