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jerk- (noun)
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
- A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!
- A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable, and often not very intelligent.
- I finally fired him, because he was being a real jerk to his customers, even to some of the staff.
- You really are a jerk sometimes.
- The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- (verb)
- To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
- To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- To masturbate.
- To beat, to hit.
- To throw.
- (noun)
- A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade
- Meat cured by jerking; charqui.
- Jerk chicken is a local favorite.
- (verb)
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.