English

Pronunciation
IPA|/ʤ�:k/
audio|en-us-jerk.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology 1
Apparently imitative.

Noun
en-noun

1. A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

#: When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!

1. A sudden, uncontrolled movement, for instance, of the body.
2. physics the change in acceleration with respect to time.

#: Usage note: Jerk is measured in metres per cubic second (m/s³) in SI units , or in feet per cubic second (ft/s³) in imperial units.

1. US|slang|pejorative A person who is unwelcome due to unlikable qualities and behavior, often mean, foolish or disagreeable.
2. A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade; a dish made with such a marinade.

Translations
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trans-top|A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
Arabic: ARchar|�زة (hazza)
Finnish: nytkähdys
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German: Ruck m
Interlingua: succussa
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trans-top|A sudden, uncontrolled movement, for instance, of the body
Arabic: ARchar|رعشة (Ra'asha)
Finnish: nytkähdys
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German: Zuckung f
Interlingua: spasmo
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trans-top|the change in acceleration with respect to time
Czech: ryv
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trans-top|A person, usually male, who is unwelcome due to unlikable qualities and behavior
Arabic: ARchar|أح�� or ARchar|�غ��
Finnish: idiootti
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Interlingua: vexator
Spanish: gilí m|f
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trans-top|A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade; a dish made with such a marinade
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ttbc|Telugu: ��ద�ప� (kudupu)
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Verb
en-verb

1. To make a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
2. To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
3. To marinade in jerk seasoning.

Translations
trans-top|To make a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
Arabic: ARchar|��ز
Finnish: nytkähtää
trans-mid
German: rucken
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trans-top|To make a sudden uncontrolled movement
Arabic: ARchar|�رتعش
Finnish: nytkähtää
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German: zucken
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trans-top|To marinade in jerk seasoning
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ttbc|Telugu: ��ద�ప� (kudupu)
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Related terms
jerk off

See also
acceleration
displacement
velocity

Etymology 2
From American Spanish charquear, from charqui, from Quechua echarqui �strips of dried flesh�.

Verb
en-verb

1. To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

Noun
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1. Meat cured by jerking; charqui.

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