How to use jerk in a sentence. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Jerk verb [i or t, usually + adv/prep] (behaviour) to suddenly behave differently, usually by understanding something or becoming active again, or to cause someone or something to do this:
let me jerk off in peace (missing more naked guys) : okbuddycinephile
A quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like
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A quick pull or twist If you call someone a jerk, you are insulting them because you think they are stupid or you do not like them. A jerk is a sharp, sudden movement When you're learning to drive a stick shift, it’s hard to avoid the jerk and lurch when you try to change gears
Jerk is also a very unflattering term for an obnoxious person. Being or relating to a method of barbecuing meat that has been seasoned and wrapped in leaves of the allspice tree Copyright © 2016 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. A jerk is measured in metres per second cubed (m/s 3) in si units, or in feet per second cubed (ft/s 3) in imperial units
The pejorative senses have shifted from being foolish and ignorant to being obnoxious across the 20th century.
Definition of jerk noun in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
