Synonyms for jerk
dʒɜrkjerk

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1. jerk, dorknoun

   a dull stupid fatuous person

   Synonyms:
   saccade, dork, jerking, jerked meat, jolt, jerky, tug

2. jerk, jerking, jolt, saccadenoun

   an abrupt spasmodic movement

   Synonyms:
   saccade, dork, jerking, jerked meat, jolt, jerky, jounce, tug, shock, jar

3. jerknoun

   (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration

   Synonyms:
   jerky, dork, jolt, tug, jerked meat, saccade, jerking

4. jerky, jerked meat, jerknoun

   meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

   Synonyms:
   saccade, dork, jerking, jerked meat, jolt, jerky, tug

5. jerknoun

   raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms

   Synonyms:
   jerky, dork, jolt, tug, jerked meat, saccade, jerking

6. tug, jerkverb

   a sudden abrupt pull

   Synonyms:
   saccade, jerky, dork, jerking, jerked meat, jolt, towboat, tugboat, tug, tower

7. yank, jerkverb

   pull, or move with a sudden movement

   "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

   Synonyms:
   yank, flick, hitch, twitch, buck

8. jerk, twitchverb

   move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions

   "The patient's legs were jerkings"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, yank, squeeze, flip, buck, flick, pinch, twitch, tweet, twinge

9. twitch, jerkverb

   make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion

   "his face is twitching"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, squeeze, flip, yank, flick, pinch, twitch, tweet, buck, twinge

10. buck, jerk, hitchverb

    jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

    "the yung filly bucked"

    Synonyms:
    thumb, buck, twitch, shoot, go against, flick, hitch, yank, catch, shoot down, limp, hobble, tear, charge, gimp, hitchhike

11. jerk, flickverb

    throw or toss with a quick motion

    "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"

    Synonyms:
    hitch, yank, thumb, flicker, flip, buck, flick, ruffle, twitch, riff, snap, leaf, click, riffle

Matched Categories

1. • Meat
   • Mechanics
   • Move
   • Move Involuntarily
   • Pull
   • Push
   • Rate
   • Weightlifting

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1. jerkverb

   Synonyms:
   yerk, twitch, pull suddenly

2. jerkverb

   Synonyms:
   throw suddenly

3. jerknoun

   Synonyms:
   twitch, sudden pull

4. jerknoun

   Synonyms:
   sudden throw

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jerkverb

   Synonyms:
   twitch, yerk

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1. List of paraphrases for "jerk":

   idiot, asshole, moron, bastard, jackass, fool, dumbass, dork, motherfucker, butthead, stupid, dumb-ass, silly, douche, prick, fucker, shithead, chump, imbecile, sucker, bitch, knucklehead, schmuck, dickhead, punk, ass-wipe, dummy, cretin

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How to use jerk in a sentence?

1. Christine Mercer:

   You could kind of hear the rumble and then there was a jerk and that was it.

2. Vyanne Lai:

   It is likely there will be some knee-jerk reaction to prices post the OPEC meeting.

3. Top Obama:

   There is this knee jerk sense on the part of some of the foreign policy establishment that shooting first and thinking about it second projects strength. I disagree with that.

4. James Clark:

   In every urban core you have the same mentality that is on display in St Louis right now. In St Louis, we have a human capital crisis where you have men, women, boys and girls who have not been cultivated to care, so, violence becomes a knee-jerk reaction.

5. Arthur Smith:

   This is a good program. They know what they're looking for. I think this shows they've had a good vision. With [head coach] Sean McDermott, [general manager] Brandon Beane and their staffs, I think this is what you're seeing with competent leadership and consistency year over year what they're drafting for, you know, not dissimilar to what [Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot] and I hope to build here. You have a strategy, you have a philosophy, you have some consistency. There's not a lot of knee-jerk reactions. That's why they got a really good roster and they're really well coached and they know what they're looking for. They know what they're asked to do.