Word Finder - jerks

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A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.

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A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

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

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A dull or stupid person.

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A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable.

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I finally fired him, because he was being a real jerk to his customers, even to some of the staff.

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The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

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A soda jerk.

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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.

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To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

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To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

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To masturbate.

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To beat, to hit.

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To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.

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to jerk a stone

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(usually transitive) To lift using a jerk.

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To flout with contempt.

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

I've got too much going for me right now to be thinking about those jerks.

They mention that it is never done suddenly or by jerks, as the valves are at first always pushed to one side several times and back again on each other, at the same time opening gradually in the transverse direction till they rest opposite to one another and widely apart.

They were so nasty when he told them about me we both found it simpler to ignore the jerks.

Though phrases and even sentences from many classical authors are inwoven here and there, the narrative flows easily, with no trace of the jolts and jerks which offend us in almost every line of an imitator of the classics like Sidonius.

It is, however, certain that the Foucault siderostat is not capable, in practice, of maintaining the reflected image in a constant direction with perfect uniformity on account of the sliding action on the arm that regulates the motion of the mirror; such an action must, more or less, take place by jerks.

I can give you the works on physical jerks, Private lessons to ladies in slimming.

They involve abrupt muscle jerks in part or all the body.

On the 3rd day of readmission... Mr Brown has developed severe myoclonic jerks alternating with akinetic mutism.

In Polyurthra and Pteroessa they are numerous, pinnated (feathered), and are doubtless used for active swimming by jerks; they can be moved up or down by special muscles attached to their bases, which project into the body.

I have never met someone who returned from another country saying, Man, those guys are such jerks.

It was only by the keener wind that met them and the jerks given by the side horses who pulled harder--ever increasing their gallop--that one noticed how fast the troyka was flying.

There may sometimes be occasional jerks or stiffening of the body.

Since most jerks are immature in the nature of their attacks, it's best to deal with them in a businesslike manner; don't let it show that it hurts you.

Symptoms include changes in personality, decreased intelligence with accompanying school problems, decreased coordination, involuntary jerks and movements of the body.

Myoclonic jerks may occur singly or repetitively.

Unfortunately, when asked about the most common ways men flirt, the first reaction from some women is "By being jerks!"

Others will be overly aggressive, cocky, and even act like jerks.

If you're more introverted or the kind of person who's not very tolerant of other people being jerks, steer clear -- it's just not worth the aggravation.

You wouldn't believe what shit went on up there, just because I told a couple of those jerks what I thought about them pawing me.

They don't really annoy me and nothing like the myoclonic jerks which do show up on EEG.