Jerk
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Possibly from Middle English yerk (“‘sudden motion’”)
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- 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!
- (US, slang, pejorative) 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.
- Patrono:Physics The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
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- Jerk is measured in metres per second cubed (m/s3) in SI units , or in feet per second cubed (ft/s3) in imperial units.
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- (sudden movement): jolt, lurch, jump
- (quick tug): yank
- (unlikable person): asshole, bastard.
- (physics, change in acceleration): jolt (British), surge, lurch
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sudden, uncontrolled movement, for instance, of the body
quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
person, usually male, who is unwelcome due to unlikable qualities and behavior
change in acceleration with respect to time
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- (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
- (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- Patrono:UK To masturbate.
- (obsolete) To beat, to hit.
- (obsolete) To throw.
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intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
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From American Spanish charquear, from charqui, from Patrono:Qwe[[Category:Patrono:Qwe derivations|Jerk]] echarqui (“‘strips of dried flesh’”).
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- Patrono:Caribbean A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade
- Patrono:Caribbean Meat cured by jerking; charqui.
- Jerk chicken is a local favorite.
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A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade; a dish made with such a marinade
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- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
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To marinade in jerk seasoning
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Jerk m. (plural Jerks)
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