jerk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɜːk/
ipa: /ˈdʒɜɹk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: jerks
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: 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
The black cloth bestrewn with white beads blew up from time to time, laying bare the coffin. The tired bearers walked more slowly, and it advanced with constant jerks, like a boat that pitches with every wave.
text: A barrel-organ in the street suddenly sprang with a jerk into a jovial tune.
ref: 1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 114:
synonyms: jolt#Noun
lurch#Noun
shudder#Noun
shake#Noun
jump#Noun
glosses: A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
examples: text: When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!
synonyms: yank#Noun
tug#Noun
coordinate_terms: shove#Noun
glosses: A quick pull on something.
examples: text: I finally fired him, because he was being a real jerk to his customers, even to some of the staff.
text: You really are a jerk sometimes.
text: Oh, Raymond―don't be such a jerk. Go and get yourself a drink or a tranquilizer or something.
ref: 1962, George Axelrod, 1:23:39 from the start, in The Manchurian Candidate, spoken by Eleanor Iselin (Angela Lansbury):
text: And [Albert Fish] was dizzyingly happy about it, smiled as described the grizzly details of the tortures and the murders, appearing to the detectives and one of the detectives said "he appeared as the Devil himself." I mean this Albert F-, I mean this guy was a real jerk!
ref: 2013, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
synonyms: asshole
arsehole
glosses: A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
synonyms: word: alcatote
word: asshat
word: arsehole
word: asshole
word: bayard
word: berk
word: birdbrain
word: blither
word: bobchin
word: bonehead
word: bozo
word: buffoon
word: brickhead
word: Charlie
word: chucklehead
word: chowderhead
word: chump
word: clart
word: clown
word: der-brain
word: dill pickle
word: dim bulb
word: dingleberry
word: dipshit
word: dipstick
word: dirtbrain
word: div
word: divvo
word: divvy
word: dolt
word: donk
word: doodle
word: doofus
word: dope
word: dork
word: dote
word: dotterel
word: dullard
word: dumbass
word: dumbbell
word: dumb fuck
word: dummy
word: dunce
word: dunderhead
word: dupe
word: fathead
word: fenderhead
word: fiddle
word: fuckwit
word: fuzznut
word: geck
word: gig
word: gink
word: goober
word: gooseberry
word: gowk
word: gubbins
word: gump
word: ha'p'orth
word: Homer Simpson
word: ignoramus
word: imbecile
word: jamoke
word: jerk
word: jerkoff
word: jolterhead
word: jolthead
word: juggins
word: jughead
word: knucklehead
word: lamebrain
word: mameluke (US (Italian-American)
word: slang)
word: maroon
word: meathead
word: mong
word: moron
word: mug
word: muggins
word: mushhead
word: nimrod
word: nincompoop
word: nit
word: nitwit
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: numskull
word: numps
word: numpty
word: nupson
word: oaf
word: pillock
word: pinhead
word: plonker
word: prat
word: retard
word: shit for brains
word: shithead
word: shitwit
word: schmo
word: schmuck
word: snapperhead
word: softhead
word: sot
word: stupid
word: sucker
word: thickhead
word: tonto
word: tool
word: tosser
word: tosspot
word: twat
word: twerp
word: twit
word: wally
word: wantwit
word: wazzock
word: yampy
word: addle-brain
word: addlehead
word: addle pate
word: airhead
word: baboon
word: beanbrain
word: beetlebrain
word: beetlehead
word: berk
word: bimbo
word: birdbrain
word: blockhead
word: blubberbrain
word: bonehead
word: Boeotian
word: boob
word: bozo
word: brainlet
word: brickhead
word: bubblehead
word: bubble brain
word: bufflehead
word: buffoon
word: Charlie
raw_tags: with "right" and/or "proper"
word: chowderhead
word: chucklehead
word: chump
word: cittern-head
word: clod
word: clodpate
word: clot
word: clown
word: crackhead
word: cretin
word: cuckoo
word: deadhead
word: dimbo
word: dim bulb
word: dimbus
word: dimwit
word: dingbat
word: ding dong
word: dingleberry
word: dingwad
word: dip
word: dipstick
word: doldrum
word: dolt
word: donut
word: doodle
word: doof
word: doofoid
word: doofus
word: dope
word: dork
word: drivel
word: drongo
word: drool bucket
word: dullard
word: dumb bunny
word: dumbbell
word: dumb cluck
word: dumbhead
word: dumble
word: dumbling
word: dumbnut
word: dumbo
word: dummkopf
word: dummy
word: dunce
word: dunderhead
word: dunderpate
word: eejit
word: fathead
word: featherbrain
word: fenderhead
word: fleabrain
word: fool
word: fopdoodle
word: galoot
word: gimboid
word: gomer
word: gonk
word: goober
word: goof
word: goofball
word: goofy
word: goose
word: goosecap
word: gorbuson
word: gudgeon
word: halfwit
word: ha'porth
word: hammerhead
word: idiot
word: ignoramus
word: imbecile
word: inbred
word: jackaninny
word: jellybrain
word: jerk
word: juggins
word: jughead
word: knothead
word: knucklehead
word: lackwit
word: lamebrain
word: log
word: loggerhead
word: lummox
word: lunk
word: lunkhead
word: maroon
word: meatball
word: meathead
word: mental midget
word: mome
word: momo
word: mongoloid
word: mongtard
word: monkey
word: moron
word: mouth breather
word: muggins
word: mushhead
word: muttonhead
word: mutt
word: nimrod
word: nincompoop
word: ninny
word: ninnyhammer
word: nit
word: nitwit
word: noddy
word: noodlehead
word: numbskull
word: oaf
word: peabrain
word: peagoose
word: pillock
word: pigwidgeon
word: pinhead
word: plank
word: plonker
word: prat
word: put
word: putz
word: retard
word: sap
word: saphead
word: schmo
word: silly
word: simp
word: simpleton
word: snapperhead
word: sot
word: space cadet
word: spanner
word: stupe
word: stupid
word: stupid-head
word: tomfool
word: tard
word: thickhead
word: thickskull
word: thicko
word: tonto
word: toolbox
word: tosspot
word: turkey
word: twit
word: wally
word: wantwit
word: wazzer
word: wazzock
word: witless wonder
word: yo-yo
word: zany
word: Vulgar:
word: ass
word: assclown
word: asshat
word: asshead
word: asstard
word: asswipe
word: buttbreath
word: dildo
word: dipshit
word: donkey dick
word: Alternative spelling of dumbass.
word: dumbfuck
word: dumbfucker
word: dumbshit
word: farthead
word: fuck-knuckle
word: fucktard
word: fuckwit
word: jackass
word: peckerhead
word: shitbrain
word: shithead
word: shitneck
word: shitwit
word: twat
glosses: A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
glosses: 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.
glosses: Masturbation.
examples: text: Jerk of the Year contender
glosses: Masturbation.
An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
examples: text: Girls, hey, what's that you're doing
Girl, girl, what's that you're doing
You got to show me the steps to it
Somehow, gonna learn how to do it
Doing the jerk
Hey, do the jerk
Girl, come on and work
Hey, do the jerk.
ref: 1964, “The Jerk”, Don Julian (lyrics), performed by The Larks:
qualifier: preceded by definite article
glosses: 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.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: jolt#Noun
surge#Noun
lurch#Noun
glosses: The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
glosses: A soda jerk.
Synonyms: word: assbucket
word: asshat
word: asshole
word: assmonkey
word: assmouth
word: assmunch
word: assmuncher
word: assbreath
word: assbag
word: asshead
word: assface
word: asstard
word: assfaggot
word: assfag
word: assfuck
word: asscunt
word: assfucker
word: assweed
word: asswipe
word: bag of dicks
word: ball sack
word: bastard
word: berk
word: blackguard
word: buttface
word: butthead
word: buttmunch
word: buttmuncher
word: choad
word: chunk-blower
word: cock gobbler
word: cock-knocker
word: cockmunch
word: cockmuncher
word: cockweasel
word: cockwad
word: cockhead
word: cockface
word: cockwaffle
word: cockwipe
word: cockshit
word: cockbag
word: cocksack
word: cocksucker
word: cocksuck
word: cockbreath
word: cockfag
word: cockfuck
word: cockfucker
word: cullion
word: cumbucket
word: cum guzzler
word: cumrag
word: cumstain
word: cunt
word: cuntard
word: cuntass
word: cuntbag
word: cuntbitch
word: cuntbreath
word: cuntbucket
word: cuntface
word: cunthead
word: cuntmuffin
word: cuntlicker
word: cuntbiscuit
word: cuntfuck
word: cuntfucker
word: cuntlapper
word: cunt muncher
word: cuntrag
word: cuntshit
word: cuntstain
word: cuntsucker
word: cuntwad
word: cuntwipe
word: cuntwaffle
word: cuntweasel
word: cuntweed
word: cuntwhacker
word: dick
word: dickass
word: dickbag
word: dickbiscuit
word: dickbreath
word: dickbucket
word: dickface
word: dickfuck
word: dickfucker
word: dickhead
word: dicklicker
word: dick munch
word: dick muncher
word: dicknose
word: dicknut
word: dicksack
word: dickshit
word: dickstain
word: dickster
word: dicksucker
word: dicktard
word: dickwad
word: dickweasel
word: dickweed
word: dillweed
word: dirtbag
word: dirthead
word: dirtwad
word: douche
word: douchebag
word: douche boat
word: doucheburger
word: douchecanoe
word: douchelord
word: douche nozzle
word: douchewad
word: douchewagon
word: fag
word: faggot
word: faggotface
word: fuck
word: fuckball
word: fuckchop
word: fucker
word: fucknozzle
word: fucktrumpet
word: fuckoid
word: fuckrod
word: fuckweed
word: fuckwit
word: fuckhead
word: fuckface
word: fuckstick
word: fuckstain
word: fuckster
word: fuckskull
word: fuckshit
word: fuckweasel
word: fuckwaffle
word: fuckbag
word: fuckbucket
word: fucknose
word: fucktard
word: fuckmuffin
word: fuckmitten
word: git
word: hosebag
word: jackass
word: jackoff
word: jagoff
word: jagweed
word: jerk
word: jerkball
word: jerko
word: jerkoff
word: jerkwad
word: jerkweed
word: jitbag
word: jizzbag
word: knob-gobbler
word: knob polisher
word: lowlife
word: meanie
word: nark
word: paddock
word: penishead
word: piece of crap
word: piece of garbage
word: piece of junk
word: piece of shit
word: pile of crap
word: pile of shit
word: piece of trash
word: piece of work
word: pig
word: pissface
word: pisspot
word: prick
word: prickhead
word: prickface
word: prickwad
word: pukeball
word: pukestain
word: pussybreath
word: sack of shit
word: schmuck
word: scoundrel
word: scum
word: scumbag
word: scumbreath
word: scumbug
word: scumbutt
word: scumface
word: scumfuck
word: scumhead
word: scumhole
word: scumlord
word: scuzz
word: scuzzball
word: scuzzbucket
word: scuzzoid
word: shitass
word: shitball
word: shitbag
word: shit bird
word: shitcunt
word: shitbreath
word: shitbucket
word: shitcock
word: shitdick
word: shiteater
word: shitguzzler
word: shithook
word: shitlicker
word: shitpot
word: shitrag
word: shithead
word: shitlord
word: shitsack
word: shitface
word: shitwad
word: shitheap
word: shitstain
word: shitheel
word: shitgibbon
word: shitgoblin
word: shitneck
word: shitnuts
word: shitnugget
word: shitfuck
word: shitfucker
word: shitmuncher
word: sleaze
word: sleazeball
word: sleazebag
word: sleazebucket
word: sleazehole
word: sleazewad
word: slimebucket
word: slimeface
word: slimehole
word: slimewad
word: snotbag
word: snotball
word: snotface
word: snothead
word: snotwad
word: sourhead
word: squib
word: tool
word: tosser
word: tosspot
word: undesirable
word: vonce
word: wanker
word: weasel
word: wet wipe
Hyponyms: word: Female jerks
word: bitch
word: cow
word: hussy
word: shrew
word: Male jerks
word: son of a bitch
word: son of a gun
word: Jerks by objectionable quality
word: antimodel
word: bitch eating crackers
word: know-it-all
word: malapert
Derived terms: 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
jerksome
jerk town
jerkwad
jerk-water
jerkweed
knee-jerk
knee jerk
megajerk
soda jerk
twerk
upjerk
Related terms: topics: physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: jounce
word: criminal
word: fool
word: idiot
word: testicles
word: trash
word: villain
word: sycophant
word: worthless person
word: :Category:English shitgibbons
word: Because oral sex deprecation and anti-gay bias both have long histories among humans
word: 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