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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jerk \Jerk\ (j[~e]rk), verb (used with an object) [Corrupted from Peruv. charqui dried beef.] To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, to jerk beef. See {Charqui}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jerk \Jerk\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Jerked} (j[~e]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Jerking}.] [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to yard a measure.]
1. To beat; to strike. [Obs.] --Florio.
2. 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.
3. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jerk \Jerk\, verb (used without an object)
1. To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts. --Milton.
2. To flout with contempt.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jerk \Jerk\, noun
1. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
His jade gave him a jerk. --B. Jonson.
2. A sudden start or spring.
Lobsters . . . swim backwards by jerks or springs. --Grew.
3. A foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person. [Slang]
Syn: jerkoff. [PJC]
4. (Sport) The lifting of a weight, in a single rapid motion, from shoulder height until the arms are outstretched above the head; distinguished from {press} in that the motion in a jerk is more rapid, and the body may be moved under the weight to assist completion of the movement; as, a clean and jerk of two hundred pounds. [PJC]
2. Calisthenic exercises, such as push-ups or deep knee bends; also called {physical jerks}. [British] [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jerk
noun
1: a dull stupid fatuous person [syn: {dork}]
2: an abrupt spasmodic movement [syn: {jerking}, {jolt}]
3: (mechanics) the rate of change of velocity [syn: {rate of acceleration}]
4: a sudden abrupt pull [syn: {tug}]
verb
1: pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open" [syn: {yank}]
2: move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings" [syn: {twitch}]
3: make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching" [syn: {twitch}]
4: jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked" [syn: {buck}, {hitch}]
5: throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" [syn: {flick}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
213 Moby Thesaurus words for "jerk": SOB, anhydrate, ass, asshole, backslide, bastard, blast-freeze, bob, bobble, boob, booby, bounce, bowl, brine, bugger, bump, cast, catapult, chuck, chump, chunk, cock, corn, creep, cure, dart, dash, dehydrate, desiccate, didder, ding-a-ling, dingbat, dingdong, dither, dope, drag, dry, dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, fall astern, fall behind, falter, fart, fidget, fire, flick, fling, flip, flip out, flirt, flounce, flutter, fool, fork, freak out on, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, galoot, get behind, get high on, glow, go backwards, go behind, go pitapat, goof, grimace, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, heel, hitch, hood, hooligan, hurl, hurtle, idiot, imbecile, irradiate, itch, jackass, jar, jerk back, jerk-off, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jump, kipper, klutz, lance, lapse, launch, let fly, lob, lose ground, louse, lug, lurch, marinade, marinate, meanie, moron, mother, mummify, mutt, nerd, nincompoop, ninny, nip, palpitate, pant, pass, peg, pelt, pickle, pill, pitch, pitchfork, pluck, preservatize, prize sap, pull, pull back, put, put the shot, quake, quaver, quick-freeze, quiver, rat, recede, recidivate, refrigerate, regress, relapse, retrocede, retroflex, retrograde, retrogress, return, revert, rictus, salt, sap, saphead, sawney, schlemiel, schmuck, season, serve, shake, shit, shithead, shitheel, shiver, shock, shudder, shy, sling, slip back, smoke, smoke-cure, snake, snap, snatch, squirm, start, stinkard, stinker, stuff, sudden pull, swell, swell with emotion, thrill, thrill to, throb, throw, tic, tilt, tingle, tingle with excitement, tomfool, toss, toss and turn, tremble, tremor, tug, tumble, turd, turn on to, tweak, twist, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, vellicate, wiggle, wobble, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, writhe, yank, yerk
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