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jerk1
- pronunciation:
- juhrk
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- jerk off
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
any sudden or unexpected and uneven motion.
With a violent jerk, he awoke from a nightmare.- synonyms:
- start, yank
- similar words:
- jolt, jounce, jump, lurch, tweak, twitch
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| definition 2: |
a sudden and uneven tug or twist.
The fish gave a jerk on the line.- synonyms:
- pull, tug
- similar words:
- hitch, tweak, twist, twitch, wrench, yank
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| definition 3: |
(slang) a naive, inconsiderate, or highly disagreeable person.
You're a jerk if you think she's going to come back to you.He was a jerk to leave you there by yourself without a way to get home.I don't know how he can share a room with a jerk like that always stealing his stuff.- synonyms:
- creep
- similar words:
- asshole, bastard, loser, sap, turkey
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| related words: |
clod, dullard, dunce, joker, laugh, moron, pitch, pluck, toss, tug, writhe |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
jerked, jerking, jerks |
| definition: |
to tug or twist suddenly; yank.
- synonyms:
- tug, yank
- similar words:
- hitch, pluck, pull, thrash, tweak, twist, twitch
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| related words: |
extract, pry, rock, snap, snatch, tear, tug, writhe |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to make a sudden or unexpected and uneven motion.
He jerked when the needle pricked him.- similar words:
- thrash, twitch, wrench
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| related words: |
bump, chop, grab, heave, hitch, leap, lurch, pluck, rock, start, writhe |
| phrase: |
jerk off |
| derivations: |
jerkingly (adv.), jerker (n.) |
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