EGAVE

jerk

About 1.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
  2. noun A quick pull on something.
    When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!
  3. noun A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, immoral, self-centered, or disagreeable.
    I finally fired him, because he was being a real jerk to his customers, even to some of the staff.
  4. noun A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
  5. noun 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.
  6. noun Masturbation. An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
    Jerk of the Year contender
  7. noun An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
    Jerk of the Year contender
  8. noun A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.

Similar words

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Often followed by

of and the is reaction in to that on

Word family

jerked jerker jerkers jerking jerks

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