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Jerk meaning

  1. A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
  2. A quick pull on something.
  3. A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

Synonyms of Jerk

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Using Jerk

  • The main meaning on this page is: A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body. | A quick pull on something. | A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
  • Useful related words include: move, pull, force, twitch.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: ruk, zak, lul.
  • In the example corpus, jerk often appears in combinations such as: jerk chicken, and jerk, knee jerk.

Context around Jerk

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Jerk

  • In this selection, "jerk" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, knee, tender, succulent, chicken, reaction and pork stand out and add context to how "jerk" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include s a jerk to you and the knee jerk reaction of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "jerk" sits close to words such as ariana, bombshell and byte, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with jerk

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Find this jerk and lock him up for life. (9 words)

As a result, the index had knee jerk reaction higher and then tanked. (13 words)

We all know that when dealing with the public, you have your typical jerk-offs and your jerk-wads. (19 words)

Big Bill calling for a test of strength like a jerk, Darby sends him to the floor, Lee comes in, gets back body dropped to the floor, Orange with the blind tag, stereo suicide dives wipe the Firm out and we go to break! (44 words)

The game’s cast of characters includes the hospital nurse who’s a jerk to you, the truck driver who’s a jerk to you, the cult leader who’s a jerk to you, and, well, you get the idea. (40 words)

But the issue is that the marketer has already bought the product and dispensing at N500 per litre for example, so how is it that when you hear that some other areas have increased their prices, you jerk up yours. (40 words)

Big Bill calling for a test of strength like a jerk, Darby sends him to the floor, Lee comes in, gets back body dropped to the floor, Orange with the blind tag, stereo suicide dives wipe the Firm out and we go to break! (44 words)

Example sentences (20)

From tender jerk chicken and jerk pork to succulent jerk shrimp and jerk lobster, and a broad variety of island cuisines such as Jamaican favorites fried festival, oxtails, curry goat, escovitch fish, the festival simply had it all.

The game’s cast of characters includes the hospital nurse who’s a jerk to you, the truck driver who’s a jerk to you, the cult leader who’s a jerk to you, and, well, you get the idea.

I come here for the jerk chicken and jerk chicken egg rolls and the friendly conversation with owner Rosco Cummings.

Over a dozen options are available on the Jerk House menu, that include: veggie subs, hamburgers, oxtails, hotdogs, jerk chicken, brown stew, chicken strips, curry chicken and cheesesteaks.

This Scarborough outpost serves up a delightfully unique Caribbean-Mediterranean mash-up: kicky jerk-spiced gravy, deeply flavoured from slow-roasted chicken bones, is ladled atop fries, shredded mozzarella cheese and moist jerk chicken shawarma.

We all know that when dealing with the public, you have your typical jerk-offs and your jerk-wads.

Integrating jerk over time generally gives the according acceleration; doing so across such a Dirac delta reconstructs exactly the jump discontinuity in the acceleration belonging to the Dirac delta in the jerk.

Since forces, changing at a suitable rate in time (that is, suitable jerk) are the cause of vibrations, and vibrations significantly impair the quality of transportation, there is good reason to simply minimize jerk in transportation vehicles.

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The competition lifts were the 'one hand' snatch, the 'one hand' clean and jerk and the 'two hands' clean and jerk.

As a result, the index had knee jerk reaction higher and then tanked.

As you might imagine, the knee-jerk reaction by gamers hasn't been very positive, as evidenced by a quick glance on X/Twitter.

Beyond that, the knee-jerk reaction of too many politicians and regulators seems to be "they're too big, they must be doing something illegal" is something I find appalling.

Big Bill calling for a test of strength like a jerk, Darby sends him to the floor, Lee comes in, gets back body dropped to the floor, Orange with the blind tag, stereo suicide dives wipe the Firm out and we go to break!

But the issue is that the marketer has already bought the product and dispensing at N500 per litre for example, so how is it that when you hear that some other areas have increased their prices, you jerk up yours.

But the SA Government’s knee-jerk action in response to peaceful climate protestors at an annual fossil fuels conference, is yet another attack on people’s right to protest.

Find this jerk and lock him up for life.

From Biddy’s “Maui Wowi” fries with grilled jerk chicken and pineapple, to Piedmont Brewery’s breakfast fries, to Felicia’s Cake Factory’s sugar cookie fries– there’s a whole lot of variety.

Homer Davis, minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister – West (left) and John Lindo, organiser, MoBay Jerk and Food Festival, in conversation during the media launch at Holiday Inn, Rose Hall, St James last Thursday.

In season 1, Steve was an annoying and arrogant jerk who Nancy needed to date before she would realize that she should be with Jonathan.

It took the knee-jerk reaction of the security officials attached to the convoy to shake the youths away.

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Common combinations with jerk

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "jerk" in a sentence?
An example: "From tender jerk chicken and jerk pork to succulent jerk shrimp and jerk lobster, and a broad variety of island cuisines such as Jamaican favorites fried festival, oxtails, curry goat, escovitch fish, the festival simply had it all." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "jerk" from authentic English texts.
What does "jerk" mean?
Jerk means: A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
What are synonyms of "jerk"?
Common synonyms of "jerk" include: move, pull, force, twitch, jerky, rate, motility, movement. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "jerk" in Dutch?
"jerk" translates to Dutch as: ruk, zak, lul, droplul, klojo.
How many example sentences with "jerk" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "jerk", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.