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Synonyms for jerk
dʒɜrkjerk

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Princeton's WordNet1.3 / 3 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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 Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. jerkverb

    Synonyms:
    twitch, yerk

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How to use jerk in a sentence?

  1. Martin Short:

    Steve and I have great respect for the fact that we don’t just want a liberal audience. So you want the audience to feel that this is, in a way, a safe zone. A zone where they’re not going to be made to feel like a jerk because they voted one way, so that’s why we deliberately do not mention Donald Trump.

  2. Eddie Murphy:

    I am so blessed with my kids, i don't have one bad seed. I don't have any like 'Oh you are the one.' I don't have any of that. My kids are so great, normal people – and nobody is like the Hollywood jerk kid.

  3. Sophia Contos:

    He's looking around, looking at the cookies, and I keep my hands on the box, and (he starts) to pull away and all of a sudden he goes for it. I jerk it away, but then he's like too strong, so he gets it.

  4. Edward Abbey (Vox Clamans in Deserto):

    The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.

  5. 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.


Translations for jerk

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  • رعشة, يرتعش, هزة, يهز, أحمقArabic
  • ryv, blbec, debil, blbCzech
  • Ruck, rucken, Zuckung, Arschloch, zucken, dörren, ArschGerman
  • κόπανοςGreek
  • tonto, tic, huevón, tumbo, sacudida, gilipollas, estremecimiento, miserable, tirón, repullo, espasmo, gilí, imbécilSpanish
  • heilahtaa, muutos, idiootti, paskiainen, nykäisy, heilauttaa, ääliö, heilahduttaa, nykäys, nytkähdys, nytkäyttää, nytkähtää, kiihtyvyydenFinnish
  • saccade, spasme, mauvais con, clonie, tic, con, secousse, conard, sursaut, crétin, connard, soubresaut, cahot, tressaillement, jerk, convulsion, myoclonieFrench
  • succussa, vexator, spasmoInterlingua
  • sontoloyo, bangsat, bajingan, brengsekIndonesian
  • sgradevole, sobbalzo, babbeo, idiota, odioso, strattone, spasmo, strappo, offensivo, tic, scatto, scemo, stronzoItalian
  • אִידיוֹטHebrew
  • 加加速度, 躍度Japanese
  • inprobusLatin
  • whakanou, pahiwi, whakanounouMāori
  • шутракMacedonian
  • estúpidoPortuguese
  • ch'arkiyQuechua
  • дебил, судорога, дёрнуть, гнида, дёрнуться, негодяй, подёргивание, вздрогнуть, подлец, рывок, дёргаться, козёл, вздрагивание, вздрагивать, вялить, толчок, тик, рвануть, мудак, дёргать, гад, спазмRussian
  • silki, pislik, ani hareket, aşağılık kimse, titremeTurkish

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