What are some opposite words for jerk?
Antonyms for jerk
dʒɜrkjerk
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jerk, dorknoun
a dull stupid fatuous person
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saccade, dork, jerking, jerked meat, jolt, jerky, tugjerk, jerking, jolt, saccadenoun
an abrupt spasmodic movement
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saccade, dork, jerking, jerked meat, jolt, jerky, jounce, tug, shock, jarjerknoun
(mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
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jerky, dork, jolt, tug, jerked meat, saccade, jerkingjerky, jerked meat, jerknoun
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
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saccade, dork, jerking, jerked meat, jolt, jerky, tugjerknoun
raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
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jerky, dork, jolt, tug, jerked meat, saccade, jerkingtug, jerkverb
a sudden abrupt pull
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saccade, jerky, dork, jerking, jerked meat, jolt, towboat, tugboat, tug, toweryank, jerkverb
pull, or move with a sudden movement
"He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
jerk, twitchverb
move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
"The patient's legs were jerkings"
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hitch, yank, squeeze, flip, buck, flick, pinch, twitch, tweet, twingetwitch, jerkverb
make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
"his face is twitching"
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hitch, squeeze, flip, yank, flick, pinch, twitch, tweet, buck, twingebuck, jerk, hitchverb
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
"the yung filly bucked"
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thumb, buck, twitch, shoot, go against, flick, hitch, yank, catch, shoot down, limp, hobble, tear, charge, gimp, hitchhikejerk, flickverb
throw or toss with a quick motion
"flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"
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hitch, yank, thumb, flicker, flip, buck, flick, ruffle, twitch, riff, snap, leaf, click, riffle
How to use jerk in a sentence?
Those early, hysterical, knee-jerk reactions in India were from people who had not seen the film. There was no copy of the film at that point.
Kill me is just an honest and knee-jerk reaction to dearth of substance.
You could kind of hear the rumble and then there was a jerk and that was it.
What am I doing ? I'm just being a jerk, better still was Jimmy Kimmel. That's the fun one. Jimmy Kimmel'll let me do that to Jimmy Kimmel. You can do whatever you want. ' This is how I'm going to kiss you. I'm going to teach you a lesson.' So much fun.
This is a knee-jerk reaction given that Bolton has been so adversarial with Iran, with his removal, there is an expectation there won't be as much vehemence in the tit-for-tat with Iran.
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