Definition of jerk

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"Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off..

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Yerk :: Yerk (n.) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
Ebrillade :: Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn..
Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
Jerk :: Jerk (v. t.) To beat; to strike.
Jerking :: Jerking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jer.
Jerker :: Jerker (n.) A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).
Flounce :: Flounce (v. i.) To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure..
Skipper :: Skipper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight..
Ballotade :: Ballotade (v. i.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out..
Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like..
Jerker :: Jerker (n.) A beater.
Squiralty :: Souir (v. t.) To throw with a jerk; to throw edge foremost.
Toss :: Toss (n.) A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
Charqui :: Charqui (n.) Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun.
Jerk :: "Jerk (v. i.) To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts..
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded..
Yank :: Yank (n.) A jerk or twitch.
Jerk :: Jerk (v. i.) To flout with contempt.
Fillip :: Fillip (n.) A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
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