English Explanatory Dictionary

jerk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
  2. A quick pull on something.
  3. A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, immoral, self-centered, or disagreeable.
  4. A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
  5. 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. Masturbation.
  7. An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
  8. 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.
  9. The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
  10. Ellipsis of soda jerk.
verb
  1. To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
  2. To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
  3. To masturbate.
  4. To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
  5. To beat, to hit.
  6. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
  7. To lift using a jerk.
  8. To flout with contempt.
noun
  1. A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
  2. Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
verb
  1. To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒɜːk/ /ˈd͡ʒɝk/ en-us-jerk.ogg

Word forms

jerk jerks yark jerking jerked

Etymology

Probably from Middle English yerk (“sudden motion”) and Middle English yerkid (“tightly pulled”), from Old English ġearc (“ready, active, quick”) and Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”). Cognate with Scots yerk (“to jerk”). Related also to English yare (“ready”).

Synonyms

assbag assbreath assbucket asscunt assface assfag assfaggot assfuck assfucker asshat asshead asshole assmonkey assmouth assmunch assmuncher asstard asswagon assweed asswipe bag of dicks ball sack ballsucker barf bag bastard berk bitchcunt bitchface bitchfuck bitchwhore blackguard buttface butthead buttmunch buttmuncher choad chunderhead chunk-blower cockbag cockbreath cockface cockfag cockfuck cockfucker cock gobbler cockhead cock-knocker cockmonger cockmunch cockmuncher cocksack cockshit cocksuck cocksucker cockwad cockwaffle cockweasel cockwipe crapface craphead

Related words

jounce criminal fool idiot testicles trash villain sycophant worthless person :Category:English shitgibbons Because oral sex deprecation and anti-gay bias both have long histories among humans many of the words for "contemptible person" come from literal terms for anyone who performs oral sex or performs anal sex; see overlap at Thesaurus:gay man acceleration displacement velocity jerky

Derived words

Achilles jerk circle jerk circle-jerk circlejerk clean and jerk congressjerk forearm jerk hypnagogic jerk hypnic jerk jerkass jerkdar jerkdom jerker jerkery jerkess jerkface jerkhead jerkhole jerkhood jerkish jerkism jerkitude jerkless jerklike jerkmeter jerkness jerko jerk town jerkwad jerk-water jerkweed knee jerk knee-jerk megajerk soda jerk twerk upjerk jerksome jerk around jerk it jerk off jerk over jerk someone's chain jerk the gherkin jerkwater jerk water jerk up

Translations

Arabic: هَزَّة Bulgarian: дърпане Bulgarian: друсане Chinese Mandarin: 抖 Chinese Mandarin: 傻瓜 Chinese Mandarin: 蠢人 Chinese Mandarin: 笨蛋 Czech: trhnutí Czech: škubnutí Czech: blb Czech: blbec Czech: debil Czech: idiot Czech: kretén Czech: pitomec Czech: hovado Dutch: ruk Dutch: zak Dutch: lul Dutch: droplul Dutch: klojo Finnish: nykäisy Finnish: nykäys Finnish: kiskaisu Finnish: paskiainen Finnish: kusipää Finnish: mulkku French: secousse French: saccade French: cahot French: conard French: connard French: con French: crétin Georgian: ხელის კვრა Georgian: კვრა German: Ruck German: Arsch German: Arschloch German: Schwein German: Trottel German: Hanswurst German: Flasche German: Wichser German: Saftsack German: Sackarsch Icelandic: rykkur Icelandic: kippur Interlingua: succussa Interlingua: vexator Italian: strattone Italian: strappo Italian: idiota Italian: scemo Italian: stronzo Italian: babbeo Italian: chiavica Italian: buco del culo Māori: pahiwi Portuguese: puxada Portuguese: sacudida Portuguese: estúpido Portuguese: abécula Russian: рыво́к Russian: толчо́к Russian: подле́ц Russian: негодя́й Russian: гад Russian: гни́да Russian: муда́к Russian: деби́л Spanish: sacudida Spanish: tirón Spanish: tumbo Spanish: cretino Spanish: imbécil Spanish: culeado Spanish: tipejo Spanish: soplagaitas Spanish: cabrón Swedish: ryck Swedish: skakning Swedish: knyck Swedish: tölp Swedish: idiot Turkish: ani hareket Turkish: aşağılık kimse Turkish: pislik Danish: fjols Danish: idiot Esperanto: stultulo Esperanto: idioto Esperanto: aĉulo Greek: κόπανος Hindi: चांडाल Hungarian: seggfej Hungarian: geci Indonesian: bajingan Indonesian: bangsat Indonesian: brengsek Indonesian: sontoloyo Macedonian: шутрак Tagalog: gago Urdu: چنڈال
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