jerk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɜːk/
ipa: /ˈdʒɜɹk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: jerks
form: jerking
form: jerked
form: jerked
form: yark
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”).
Senses: examples: text: York came to me first, whilst the groom stood at Ginger's head. He drew my head back and fixed the rein so tight that it was almost intolerable; then he went to Ginger, who was impatiently jerking her head up and down against the bit, as was her way now.
ref: [1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 106:
glosses: To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
glosses: To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
synonyms: word: beat it
word: wank
word: bash one out
word: bate
word: beat it
word: beat off
word: crank one out
word: fap
word: frig
word: jack off
word: jack it
word: jerk it
word: jerk off
word: jork it
word: knock one out
word: masturbate
word: mastuprate
word: play pocket pool
word: play with oneself
word: pleasure oneself
word: rub one out
word: self-abuse
word: self-pollute
word: service oneself
word: skeet
word: toss
word: toss off
word: touch oneself
word: wank
word: wank off
word: whack off
glosses: To masturbate.
examples: text: This is jerking’s 9/11
synonyms: word: beat it
word: wank
word: bash one out
word: bate
word: beat it
word: beat off
word: crank one out
word: fap
word: frig
word: jack off
word: jack it
word: jerk it
word: jerk off
word: jork it
word: knock one out
word: masturbate
word: mastuprate
word: play pocket pool
word: play with oneself
word: pleasure oneself
word: rub one out
word: self-abuse
word: self-pollute
word: service oneself
word: skeet
word: toss
word: toss off
word: touch oneself
word: wank
word: wank off
word: whack off
glosses: To masturbate.
To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
synonyms: word: thump
word: strike
word: bang
word: baste
word: batter
word: beat
word: belabor
word: blow
word: boom-boom
word: buffet
word: butt
word: calcitrate
word: dab
word: dash
word: dowse
word: fetch one a blow
word: flap
word: give toco
word: kick
word: knock
word: hammer
word: hit
word: impact
word: jerk
word: lunge
word: patter
word: pat
word: pelt
word: pink
word: poke
word: pummel
word: punch
word: pound
word: tap
word: thrash
word: thump
word: thwack
word: rap
word: slam
word: slap
word: smite
word: strike
word: swap
word: vapulate
word: whack
word: whip
word: yerk
glosses: To beat, to hit.
examples: text: to jerk a stone
synonyms: word: fling
word: shy
word: bung
word: cast
word: chuck
word: chunk
word: cook
word: dash
word: dump
word: feck
word: fling
word: jerk
word: heave
word: hield
word: hoy
word: huck
word: hurl
word: hurtle
word: launch
word: lob
word: peck
word: peg
word: pick
word: pitch
word: precipitate
word: project
word: quoit
word: shy
word: slight
word: skew
word: sling
word: thrill
word: throw
word: toss
word: traject
word: warp
word: whang
word: whip
word: whop
word: wing
glosses: To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
glosses: To lift using a jerk.
glosses: To flout with contempt.
Derived terms: jerk around
jerk it
jerk off
jerk over
jerksome
jerk someone's chain
jerk the gherkin
jerkwater
jerk water
Related terms: acceleration
displacement
velocity
jounce