Definition of jerk

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"Jerk (v. t.) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone..

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Yerk :: Yerk (v. i.) To move a quick, jerking motion..
Twitch :: Twitch (n.) The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve..
Flick :: Flick (v. t.) To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots..
Shy :: Shy (v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper..
Skipper :: Skipper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight..
Jerking :: Jerking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jer.
Flounce :: Flounce (v. i.) To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure..
Switchel :: Switch (v. i.) To walk with a jerk.
Fillip :: Fillip (n.) A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
Jerk :: Jerk (v. t.) To beat; to strike.
Toss :: Toss (n.) A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
Jerker :: Jerker (n.) One who jerks or moves with a jerk.
Ebrillade :: Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn..
Yank :: Yank (n.) A jerk or twitch.
Squiralty :: Souir (v. t.) To throw with a jerk; to throw edge foremost.
Jerkinhead :: "Jerkinhead (n.) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable..
Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining..
Jar :: "Jar (n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed..
Yank :: Yank (v. t.) To twitch; to jerk.
Jerker :: Jerker (n.) A beater.
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