| VERB | contact | jerk, yank | pull, or move with a sudden movement |
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| motion | jerk, twitch | move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions | |
| body | jerk, twitch | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion | |
| motion | jerk, buck, hitch | jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched | |
| contact | jerk, flick | throw or toss with a quick motion | |
| NOUN | person | jerk, dork | a dull stupid fatuous person |
| act | jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade | an abrupt spasmodic movement | |
| time | jerk | (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration | |
| food | jerk, jerky, jerked meat | meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun | |
| act | jerk | raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms | |
| act | jerk, tug | a sudden abrupt pull |
| Sounds | jher'k | |
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| Rhymes | artwork ... work: 53 rhymes with erk... | |
| Meaning | A dull stupid fatuous person. | |
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| Synonym | dork | |
| Narrower | schmuck, shmuck, schmo, shmo | (Yiddish) a jerk |
| Broader | misfit | someone unable to adapt to their circumstances |
| Adjectives | jerky | having or revealing stupidity |
| Meaning | An abrupt spasmodic movement. | |
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| Synonyms | jerking, jolt, saccade | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move, motility | A change of position that does not entail a change of location |
| Spanish | sacudida, tirón | |
| Catalan | batzegada, estremiment, sotragada, tremolor | |
| Adjectives | jerky | lacking a steady rhythm |
| Verbs | jerk | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion |
| jerk | throw or toss with a quick motion | |
| jerk | pull, or move with a sudden movement | |
| jerk | move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions | |
| jerk | jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched | |
| Meaning | (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration. | |
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| Category | mechanics | The branch of physics concerned with the motion / motion of bodies in a frame of reference |
| Broader | rate | A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit |
| Catalan | sobreacceleració | |
| Meaning | meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun. | |
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| Synonyms | jerky, jerked meat | |
| Narrower | beef jerky | strips of dried beef |
| biltong | meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun | |
| Broader | meat | The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food |
| Meaning | Raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms. | |
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| Part of | clean and jerk, clean | A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead |
| Broader | weightlift, weightlifting | bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights |
| Meaning | A sudden abrupt pull. | |
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| Synonym | tug | |
| Broader | pull, pulling | The act of pulling |
| Spanish | sacudida, tirón | |
| Catalan | estrebada | |
| Verbs | jerk | pull, or move with a sudden movement |
| jerk | move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions | |
| Meaning | Pull, or move with a sudden movement. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "He turned the handle and jerked the door open" | |
| Synonym | yank | |
| Broader | pull, draw | Cause to move by pulling |
| Spanish | dar un tirón, sacudir, tirar de, tirar, tironear | |
| Nouns | jerk | an abrupt spasmodic movement |
| jerk | a sudden abrupt pull | |
| jerker | someone who gives a strong sudden pull | |
| Meaning | Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The patient's legs were jerkings" | |
| Synonym | twitch | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Similar to | twitch, jerk | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion |
| Nouns | jerk, jerking | an abrupt spasmodic movement |
| jerk | a sudden abrupt pull | |
| Meaning | make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Synonym | twitch | |
| Narrower | fibrillate | make fine, irregular, rapid twitching / twitching movements |
| Broader | move involuntarily, move reflexively | Move in an uncontrolled manner |
| Similar to | jerk, twitch | Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions |
| Spanish | sacudir | |
| Catalan | sacsejar, sotragar | |
| Nouns | jerk, jerking | an abrupt spasmodic movement |
| Meaning | Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | buck, hitch | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Nouns | jerk | an abrupt spasmodic movement |
| Meaning | Throw or toss with a quick motion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "jerk his head" | |
| Synonym | flick | |
| Broader | push, force | Move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| Spanish | sacudir | |
| Nouns | jerk | an abrupt spasmodic movement |
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