Antonyms for JERK
dʒɜrkjerk

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1. jerk, dorknoun

   a dull stupid fatuous person

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

2. jerk, jerking, jolt, saccadenoun

   an abrupt spasmodic movement

   Synonyms:
   saccade, jerk, 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, jerk, 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, jerk, 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:
   jerk, yank, flick, hitch, twitch, buck

8. jerk, twitchverb

   move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions

   "The patient's legs were jerkings"

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

9. twitch, jerkverb

   make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion

   "his face is twitching"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, jerk, 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, jerk, hitchhike

11. jerk, flickverb

    throw or toss with a quick motion

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

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

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1. jerkverb

   Synonyms:
   twitch, yerk

How to use JERK in a sentence?

1. Paul Ryan:

   Those of us around Paul Ryan really helped to stop him from making bad decisions. All the time, we helped Paul Ryan make much better decisions, which were contrary to kind of what Paul Ryan knee-jerk reaction was. Now I think Paul Ryan's making some of these knee-jerk reactions.

2. Chris Breitigan:

   I ’ll be right on the verge of falling asleep and it’s like someone tickles me, it starts from my back and moves down through my legs. I startle and get a sort of jerk in my body.

3. Marlon Kimpson:

   This will not be done in a knee-jerk fashion, i'm going to be in focus groups with business leaders and talking to constituents. The massacre opened up an opportunity but to build a super majority will require a lot of work.

4. John Paul:

   It’s changed in this way, on top of the terrible things Weinstein did, being a jerk at work is now not OK.

5. Marc Maron:

   And I would ask Comedian Louis . about it. I would say, ‘ This story about you forcing these women to watch you jerk off, what is that, is that true ? ’ Comedian Louis . goes, ‘ No, it’s not true. It’s not real. It’s a rumor. ’ And I would say, ‘ Well, are you going to address it somehow ? Handle it ? Get out from under it whenever it shows up ? ’ ‘ Comedian Louis . ca n’t, I ca n’t do that. I ca n’t give it life, give it air. ’ That was the conversation.

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