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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Flick :: Flick (v. t.) To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots..
Yank :: Yank (n.) A jerk or twitch.
Flirt :: Flirt (v. t.) To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief..
Jerky :: "Jerky (a.) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style..
Jet :: Jet (v. i.) To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
Jerker :: Jerker (n.) One who jerks or moves with a jerk.
Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob..
Easiness :: Easiness (n.) Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining..
Dangle :: Dangle (v. i.) To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion..
Wagtail :: Wagtail (n.) Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillidae. They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name..
Toss :: Toss (n.) A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded..
Charqui :: Charqui (n.) Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun.
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..
Ebrillade :: Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn..
Jolt :: "Jolt (n.) A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground..
Capriole :: Capriole (v. i.) A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head..
Jerk :: "Jerk (v. t.) To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui..
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