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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: jerk off, US jack off vb - (adverb often reflexive) slang (of a male) to masturbate
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024jerk1 /dʒɜrk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a quick, sharp pull, push, twist, throw, or the like;
sudden movement:The train started with a jerk. - Physiologya sudden movement of a muscle, esp. when involuntary.
- Slang Termsa foolish, stupid person;
an idiot; a dope. v. - to pull, twist, move, push, or throw with a quick, sudden motion:[~ + object]She jerked the child by the hand.
- to move with a quick, sharp motion, as if uncontrolled:[no object]His arms and legs jerked in spasm.
- Informal Termsto prepare and serve (sodas, ice cream, etc.) at a soda fountain:[~ + object]He jerked sodas for a few years.
- jerk off, [no object] Slang (vulgar ). to masturbate.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jerk-off ( jûrk′ôf′, -of′),USA pronunciation n. [Slang](vulgar).- Slang Termsa stupid, bumbling, foolish, or lazy person;
jerk. - Slang Termsan act of masturbating.
- noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase jerk off 1965–70
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jerk1 ( jûrk),USA pronunciation n. - a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like;
a sudden movement:The train started with a jerk. - Physiologya spasmodic, usually involuntary, muscular movement, as the reflex action of pulling the hand away from a flame.
- any sudden, quick movement of the body, as in dodging something.
- Slang Termsa contemptibly naive, fatuous, foolish, or inconsequential person.
- Sport(in weightlifting) the raising of a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms.
- British Terms jerks, See physical jerks.
- Music and Dancea dance, deriving from the twist, in which the dancers alternately thrust out their pelvises and their shoulders.
- the jerks, paroxysms or violent spasmodic muscular movements, as resulting from excitement evoked by some religious services.
v.t. - to pull, twist, move, thrust, or throw with a quick, suddenly arrested motion:She jerked the child by the hand.
- to utter in a broken, spasmodic way.
- Informal Termsto prepare, dispense, and serve (sodas, ice cream, etc.) at a soda fountain.
v.i. - to give a jerk or jerks.
- to move with a quick, sharp motion;
move spasmodically. - to talk in a broken, spasmodic way.
- Informal Termsto work as a soda jerk.
- Music and Danceto dance the jerk.
- jerk off, Slang (vulgar). to masturbate.
- 1540–50; 1935–40 for def. 4; perh. dialect, dialectal variant of yerk to draw stitches tight (shoemaker's term), thus making the shoe ready to wear, Old English gearcian to prepare, make ready
jerk′er, n. jerk′ing•ly, adv. jerk2 ( jûrk),USA pronunciation v.t. - Foodto preserve (meat, esp. beef ) by cutting in strips and curing by drying in the sun.
adj. - Foodbeing or containing a spicy seasoning mixture flavored with allspice, used esp. in Jamaican cooking:jerk sauce.
- Foodprepared with jerk flavorings, esp. by barbecuing or grilling:jerk chicken.
- back formation from jerky2 1700–10
jerk, + adj. - Foodbeing or containing a spicy seasoning mixture flavored with allspice, used esp. in Jamaican cooking:jerk sauce.
- Foodprepared with jerk flavorings, esp. by barbecuing or grilling:jerk chicken.
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