What is another word for jerk?
Synonyms for jerk
dʒɜrkjerk
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
Synonyms:
hitch, yank, thumb, flicker, flip, buck, flick, ruffle, twitch, riff, snap, leaf, click, riffle
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
jerkverb
Synonyms:
yerk, twitch, pull suddenlyjerkverb
Synonyms:
throw suddenlyjerknoun
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twitch, sudden pulljerknoun
Synonyms:
sudden throw
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JERK
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#94 | click | |
#1453 | charge | |
#3599 | tower | |
#3635 | catch | |
#4602 | shock | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#5029 | leaf | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5312 | punk | |
#7110 | bitch | |
#7321 | snap | |
#7356 | flip | |
#7585 | fool | |
#7799 | thumb | |
#8155 | silly | |
#8285 | buck | |
#8393 | jar | |
#9356 | tear | |
#10551 | idiot | |
#13245 | dummy | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#14107 | asshole | |
#14556 | jerk | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#15342 | bastard | |
#15920 | limp | |
#16465 | flick | |
#16589 | gimp | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#18677 | jerking | |
#20230 | tug | |
#20753 | sucker | |
#22575 | riff | |
#23168 | fucker | |
#26048 | moron | |
#28087 | prick | |
#28820 | jolt | |
#29664 | flicker | |
#30547 | jackass | |
#30769 | jerky | |
#32582 | dork | |
#33970 | yank | |
#34901 | ruffle | |
#35877 | twitch | |
#38280 | douche | |
#45002 | dumbass | |
#45175 | motherfucker | |
#56480 | chump | |
#62008 | butthead | |
#64199 | tugboat | |
#66398 | schmuck | |
#70369 | riffle | |
#73889 | tweet | |
#98357 | imbecile | |
#98385 | dickhead | |
#99268 | hobble | |
#103768 | cretin | |
#104149 | twinge | |
#104835 | knucklehead | |
#108153 | saccade | |
#152181 | shithead | |
#155281 | hitchhike | |
#170692 | towboat |
How to use jerk in a sentence?
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.
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.
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.
Edward Abbey (Vox Clamans in Deserto):
The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.
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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