jerkverb [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ]
uk/dʒɜːk/us/dʒɝːk/to make a short sudden movement, or to cause someone or something to do this:
to (force or cause someone or something to) suddenly behave differently, usually by understanding something or becoming active again:
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Making short, sudden movements
- aquiver
- convulse
- convulsion
- convulsive
- cringe
- flick
- jig
- jiggle
- jolt
- judder
- leap
- palpitate
- pull away
- quiver
- shivery
- shrink
- tremulous
- whip
- worry at sth
- wriggle
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Phrasal verb(s)
jerknoun
uk/dʒɜːk/us/dʒɝːk/jerk noun (MOVE)
[ C ] a quick sudden movement:
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Making short, sudden movements
- aquiver
- convulse
- convulsion
- convulsive
- cringe
- flick
- jig
- jiggle
- jolt
- judder
- leap
- palpitate
- pull away
- quiver
- shivery
- shrink
- tremulous
- whip
- worry at sth
- wriggle
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jerk noun (PERSON)
[ C ] US also jerk-off slang a stupid person, usually a man:
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Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- dolt
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- need your head examined idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
- turkey
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jerk noun (FOOD)
[ U ] a style of cooking popular in the Caribbean, in which meat is rubbed or marinated (= left covered) in special spices and then cooked, usually on a wood fire: