Antonyms for jerk around
| Grammar : Verb |
Definition of jerk around
- As in cheat : verb defraud, fool
- As in dupe : verb fool someone
- As in fleece : verb plunder, steal
- As in harass : verb badger
- A rope sang, dropped over his arms and head, tightened with a jerk around his waist.
- Extract from : « The Sheriff's Son » by William MacLeod Raine
Synonyms for jerk around
- annoy
- attack
- baffle
- bait
- bamboozle
- beat
- bedevil
- beguile
- beleaguer
- betray
- bilk
- bleed
- bother
- bug
- bullyrag
- bunco
- burn
- caboodle
- catch
- cheat
- chicane
- chisel
- circumvent
- clip
- con
- cozen
- crib
- cross
- deceive
- defraud
- delude
- despoil
- devil
- diddle
- distress
- disturb
- do
- do a number on
- double-cross
- double-deal
- dupe
- dust
- eat
- exasperate
- exhaust
- fast talk
- fatigue
- finagle
- fleece
- flimflam
- foray
- fudge
- get to
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- give bum steer
- gnaw
- gouge
- gull
- gyp
- harry
- hassle
- heckle
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hornswoggle
- hose
- hound
- hustle
- intimidate
- irk
- irritate
- jerk around
- kid
- macerate
- maraud
- milk
- mislead
- mulct
- noodge
- outwit
- overcharge
- overreach
- pain
- perplex
- persecute
- pester
- plague
- pluck
- pull one's leg
- pull something
- raid
- rattle one's cage
- ream
- ride
- rifle
- rip off
- rob
- rook
- rope in
- run a game on
- sandbag
- scam
- screw
- sell a bill of goods
- shaft
- short
- shuck
- skin
- snow
- spoof
- stiff
- strain
- stress
- strip
- sucker
- swindle
- take
- take for a ride
- take in
- take out
- take to the cleaners
- tease
- tire
- torment
- trick
- trim
- trouble
- try
- two-time
- vex
- victimize
- weary
- work on
- worry
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