单词 | to jerk around |
释义 | > as lemmasto jerk around to jerk around 1. transitive. To grab, to yank around with force; to handle roughly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > treat violently or roughly to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE ransacka1400 attamec1430 ruffle1489 tug1493 to shear against the wool1546 rumble1570 finger1572 to pull about1679 misguggle1814 rowdy1825 to jerk around1833 scrag1835 rough1845 hooligan1898 roughhouse1898 savage1899 to rough up1915 to treat 'em rough1918 1833 Maryland Republican (Annapolis) 14 Sept. He was seized by the breast and jerked around by Mr. Danahay. 1859 Indiana Farmer Mar. 404/1 Did you not see him take the good man by the colar [sic], and push and jerk him around as though he intended to hurt him? 1948 Washington Post 21 Jan. The policemen..grabbed Clegg... They probably jerked him around a little. 1995 P. Bourgois In Search of Respect (1997) i. 38 And they take your arm like this... And they jerk it around. 2008 R. C. Heimbuch Five Brothers in Arms viii. 42 I checked the guns... They had received considerable rough handling. I had jerked them around rather violently. 2. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). a. transitive. To mess about with; to waste (a person's) time; to inconvenience, make trouble for. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > affect with inconvenience [verb (transitive)] trouble1516 misease1530 incommodatea1575 inconveniencea1656 run1697 incommode1702 disannul1794 disconvenience1821 to put about1825 to put out1851 to jerk around1877 to bugger about1921 to dick around1944 to fuck around1955 to bugger around1961 to screw around1967 to fuck about1975 to cock around1990 to dick about1996 to cock about2009 1877 Amer. Socialist 22 Feb. 63/3 Society is too complex to willingly allow men to jerk us around in that uncomfortable way. 1952 Washington Post 26 Feb. (Compl. Capital ed.) 11/1 Hell, from the way you've been jerking me around you don't need me. 1979 G. Chesbro Affair of Sorcerers xix. 308 I think you've all been witched-out, Krowl; Smathers was just jerking around the bunch of you. 2009 J. Kellerman True Detectives xviii. 170 You jerk me around, we're through. b. intransitive. To mess about; to pass time in a frivolous way, with no definite aim or serious intent; to waste time. Cf. to jack around 2 at jack v.2 Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 1953 R. Tallant Love & Mrs. Candy 51 ‘How you be?’ ‘I'm just jerking around.’ 1973 Dominion-News (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1 June 10 a/4 The government is just jerking around like they always do. 1993 Frederick (Maryland) Post 7 Sept. b2/2 Finish the Carroll Creek project. Stop jerking around. Finish it! 2006 Billboard 5 Aug. 25/2 You have to utilize the time you're out here...There's a lot of bands that don't. They just jerk around. < as lemmas |
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