The Meaning of jerk

• (v. t.) To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
• (v. t.) To beat; to strike.
• (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.
• (v. t.) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
• (v. i.) To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.
• (v. i.) To flout with contempt.
• (n.) A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
• (n.) A sudden start or spring.

Synonyms

dork , jerking , jolt , saccade , jerky , jerked meat , tug , yank , twitch , twitch , buck , hitch , flick

Rhymes

artwork , ataturk , beadwork , berch , berk , berke , berserk , birk , bjerke , bourke , brushwork , burck , burk , burke , casework , cirque , clerk , clockwork , declerck , declercq , declerk , declerque , deklerk , derk , dirk , earthwork , erck , erk , ferch , fieldwork , firework , footwork , framework , gerk , gerke , groundwork , guesswork , handiwork , herk , homework , housework , irk , kirch , kirk , klerk , kurk , latticework , leclerc , legwork , lerch , lurk , mcgurk , merc , merck , merk , metalwork , murch , murk , needlework , network , openwork , overwork , paperwork , patchwork , perk , piecework , plasterwork , purk , quirk , quirke , rework , roadwork , schoolwork , sherk , shirk , sirk , smirk , spadework , sterk , sturc , teamwork , turk , werk , werke , woodwork , work , yerke , zirk