Definition of jerk

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"Jerk (v. i.) To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts..

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Toss :: Toss (n.) A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.
Jerk :: Jerk (v. i.) To flout with contempt.
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.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
Flounce :: Flounce (n.) The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body..
Jolt :: "Jolt (n.) A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground..
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..
Switchel :: Switch (v. i.) To walk with a jerk.
Jerky :: "Jerky (a.) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style..
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded..
Wiggle :: Wiggle (v. t.) To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water..
Jerk :: Jerk (v. t.) To beat; to strike.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; -- with into, out, up, off, and the like..
Jerk :: "Jerk (v. t.) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone..
Jerker :: Jerker (n.) A beater.
Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
Skipper :: Skipper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight..
Charqui :: Charqui (n.) Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun.
Ebrillade :: Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn..
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