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Jerked meaning

simple past and past participle of jerk

Using Jerked

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of jerk
  • In the example corpus, jerked often appears in combinations such as: jerked to, and jerked, jerked my.

Context around Jerked

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

jaw 1× nigeria 1× plane 1× getting 1× window 1× man 1× tremors 1× steering 1× knot 1×

Often after:

off 1× apart 1×

Sentence patterns with Jerked

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a knot jerked in their 1× and he jerked back with 1× and she jerked off from 1× fresh not jerked or tinned 1× her jaw jerked to the 1× her steering jerked to the 1× i jerked my shoulders 1× in nigeria jerked up fuel 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a migrant carried 1× after the plane 1× getting a knot 1× her legs locked 1× i jerked my 1× i screamed her 1×

Common sentence endings:

a blown tire 1× altering the landscape 1× at the mouth 1× eyes opening wide 1× from her sleep 1× his head away 1×

Words around Jerked

Just before it in the word index:

jerkass 2 jerk 304 jerjerrod 2 jerimiah 2 jerilyn 3 jerilderie 7

Just after it in the word index:

jerker 8 jerkers 4 jerkily 3 jerkin 2 jerking 33 jerkins 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aav 21 abdicating 21 abductor 21 abet 21 abh 21 abhorred 21

Corpus analysis for Jerked

  • In this selection, "jerked" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, jaw, nigeria, plane, off and apart stand out and add context to how "jerked" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a knot jerked in their and and he jerked back with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "jerked" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with jerked

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

Short example sentences

It zigzagged and jerked me sideways. (6 words)

I jerked my shoulders up and down. (7 words)

The shirtless man jerked in surprise, his eyes opening wide. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Malam Musa Abdullahi, the leader of Nigerian taxi owners in Diffa, also lamented that the subsidy removal in Nigeria jerked up fuel price in Niger, forcing many people to park their vehicles. (32 words)

According to the report, the vehicle was North bound on Highway 40. The juvenile operator said her steering jerked to the right and began to wobble, believed to be a blown tire. (32 words)

Navy expeditions continued to be plagued by scurvy even while fresh (not jerked or tinned) meat was well known as a practical antiscorbutic among civilian whalers and explorers in the Arctic. (31 words)

Example sentences (17)

Her legs locked into place, she trembled, her jaw jerked to the right and became frighteningly rigid, and she foamed at the mouth.

Malam Musa Abdullahi, the leader of Nigerian taxi owners in Diffa, also lamented that the subsidy removal in Nigeria jerked up fuel price in Niger, forcing many people to park their vehicles.

After the plane jerked to a halt, Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, and top Navy officials disembarked.

A migrant carried her in his arms, desperately trying to find help as her legs trembled and jerked.

I screamed her name and she jerked off from her sleep.

Meanwhile, many would-be black and brown cannabis entrepreneurs are still getting jerked around, many of them losing their savings in process.

Then, while deep in an email, a knock on the window jerked my attention up.

The Saturn returned to the eastbound lane, but then it jerked back into the westbound lane and struck a dump truck head-on just west of Lincoln Road.

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The shirtless man jerked in surprise, his eyes opening wide.

I jerked my shoulders up and down.

It zigzagged and jerked me sideways.

Newly released satellite images from before and after the major quakes show how the tremors jerked apart slabs of land, permanently altering the landscape.

According to the report, the vehicle was North bound on Highway 40. The juvenile operator said her steering jerked to the right and began to wobble, believed to be a blown tire.

Ai said he accidentally shot her when she grabbed his gun and he jerked back with his finger on the trigger.

Getting a knot jerked in their tails hopefully will get the message through.

Navy expeditions continued to be plagued by scurvy even while fresh (not jerked or tinned) meat was well known as a practical antiscorbutic among civilian whalers and explorers in the Arctic.

The doctor attempted to examine the inside of Himmler's mouth, but the prisoner was reluctant to open it and jerked his head away.

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Common combinations with jerked

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "jerked" mean?
Jerked means: simple past and past participle of jerk
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