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Synonyms for jerk
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : jurk |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒɜrk |
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Définition of jerk
Origin :- "to pull," 1540s, "to lash, strike as with a whip," of uncertain origin, perhaps echoic. Related: Jerked; jerking.
- noun a lurching move
- noun stupid, bumbling person
- noun foolish person
- verb move with lurch
- Suddenly she sat up with a jerk, and dashed her hand across her eyes.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Suddenly the door is pulled open with a jerk and our enemy leaps in.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
- Even as he held it up for all of them to see, his limbs began to jerk and stiffen.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- As he spoke there was a sudden soft jar and jerk, then the schooner was still.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- Being captain of the forecastle, I knew where to find it, and throw it loose at a jerk.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- But fortunately there was still time to jerk down the curtain.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- He drew his chair with a jerk to the tea-table, which of course was unnecessary.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Every once in a while we would stop with a jerk that would nearly snap our heads off.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- He stopped with a jerk, his hand went to his heart, and he panted and scowled with pain.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- He drew up with a jerk, and sat looking at the wagon standing there.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
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