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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : jurk |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒɜrk |
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Définition 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
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