Antonyms for jerked

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

Example sentences :

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

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