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Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : jurk |
Phonetic Transcription : dʒɜrk |
Definition of jerked
Origin :- "to pull," 1540s, "to lash, strike as with a whip," of uncertain origin, perhaps echoic. Related: Jerked; jerking.
- noun foolish person
- verb move with lurch
- At dinner she shook and jerked and spilt things worse than ever.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- He jerked sharply up on the reins, and she broke into a staggering trot.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The tears ceased, her eyes flashed, she jerked her body upright, listening.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- He opened his eyes at my acquaintance with his name, but jerked his head at me comprehendingly.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- He jerked his head away and swung round in his chair to argue the matter.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- This he jerked up and down to make ready for his task of thrashing "the pigmy."
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- After which, as if in despair, the outsider again rattled and jerked the knob.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Helen tried to point; her hand only jerked from side to side.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- She jerked her head upwards with a little foreign gesture of indifference.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- Every other boy had jerked them down and chucked them under the counter in a jiffy.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
Synonyms for jerked
- blockhead
- bounce
- bump
- dance
- dolt
- donkey
- dope
- dunce
- flick
- fling
- flip
- flop
- fool
- grab
- hook
- hurtle
- idiot
- imbecile
- jackass
- jolt
- lug
- nitwit
- numbskull
- pluck
- pull
- quake
- quiver
- seize
- shiver
- shrug
- simpleton
- sling
- snag
- snatch
- throw
- thrust
- tug
- tweak
- twit
- twitch
- vellicate
- whisk
- wiggle
- wrench
- wrest
- wriggle
- wring
- yank
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