Jerk
31jerk — [[t]ʤɜ͟ː(r)k[/t]] jerks, jerking, jerked 1) V ERG If you jerk something or someone in a particular direction, or they jerk in a particular direction, they move a short distance very suddenly and quickly. [V adv/prep] Mr Griffin jerked forward in… …
32jerk — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to pull something suddenly and roughly (+ at/on): Don t keep jerking at the drawer, it won t open. 2 (I, T) to move or make something move in short, sudden movements: jerk to a stop/halt: Suddenly the train jerked to a halt. jerk… …
33Jerk — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Jerk », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le Jerk est une grandeur physique. Le jerk est… …
34jerk — I. /dʒɜk / (say jerk) noun 1. a quick, sharp thrust, pull, throw, or the like; a sudden start. 2. Physiology a sudden movement of an organ or a part. 3. Weightlifting a lift in which the barbell is raised first to the shoulders, then jerked above …
35jerk — 1. American to fail a pupil Tugging them out of the class: Not a single student was put up for elimination by the instructors in our school in the first class. The army had to step in and jerk them. (Deighton, 1993, writing about… …
36jerk — n. sudden movement with a jerk (the train started with a jerk) * * * [dʒɜːk] [ sudden movement ] with a jerk (the train started with a jerk) …
37jerk — jerk1 noun 1》 a quick, sharp, sudden movement. 2》 Weightlifting the raising of a barbell above the head from shoulder level by an abrupt straightening of the arms and legs. 3》 informal a contemptibly foolish person. verb 1》 move with a jerk. 2》… …
38jerk — 1. noun 1) she gave the reins a jerk Syn: yank, tug, pull, wrench, tweak, twitch 2) the elevator stopped with a jerk Syn: jolt, lurch, bump, start, jar, bang …
39jerk — 1. A sudden pull. 2. SYN: deep reflex. ankle j. SYN: Achilles reflex. chin j. SYN: jaw reflex. crossed j. SYN: crossed reflex. crossed adductor j. SYN: crossed adductor reflex. crossed knee j. SYN: crossed knee reflex. elb …
40jerk — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a sharp sudden pull, twist, twitch, start, etc. 2 a spasmodic muscular twitch. 3 (in pl.) Brit. colloq. exercises (physical jerks). 4 sl. a fool; a stupid person. v. 1 intr. move with a jerk. 2 tr. pull, thrust, twist, etc., with… …
