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Meaning
Noun
●
A
sudden
, often
uncontrolled
movement
, especially of the body.
●
A
quick
, often
unpleasant
tug
or shake.
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In American English & Canadian English:
A person with
unlikable
or
obnoxious
qualities
and
behavior
,
typically
mean
,
self-centered
, or disagreeable.
⚠️
In American English:
A
dull
or
stupid
person.
●
In Engineering, Physics & Physical quantities:
The rate of change in
acceleration
with respect to
time.
●
A
soda
jerk.
●
In Weightlifting:
A
lift
in which the
weight
is
taken
with a
quick
motion
from
shoulder
height
to a
position
above the
head
with
arms
fully
extended
and
held
there for a
brief
time.
●
In Caribbean English & Jamaican English:
A
rich
,
spicy
Jamaican marinade.
●
In Caribbean English & Jamaican English:
Meat (or sometimes
vegetables
)
cured
by
jerking
, in which it is
coated
in
spices
and
slow-cooked
over a
fire
or
grill
traditionally
composed
of
green
pimento
wood
positioned
over
burning
coals
; charqui.
Verb
●
To make a
sudden
uncontrolled
movement.
●
To give a
quick
, often
unpleasant
tug
or shake.
⚠️
In American English:
To masturbate.
●
To
beat
, to hit.
●
To
throw
with a
quick
and
suddenly
arrested
motion
of the hand.
●
In Weightlifting:
To
lift
using a jerk.
●
To
flout
with contempt.
●
To
cure
(meat) by
cutting it
into
strips
and
drying
it,
originally
in the sun.
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Rhymes
Turk
Birk
Perk
Circ
Mirk
Murk
Burk
Kirk
Perc
Berk
Work
Merc
Merk
Firk
Dirk
Zerk
Lurk
Jerk
Lirk
Smirk
Twerk
Burke
Cirque
Rework
Bourke
Berserk
Overwork
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