Значение

значений: 11
  1. A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.

    Zuckung, Ruck

    вздра́гиваниеvzdrágivanije, подёргиваниеpodjórgivanije, спазмspazm

  2. A quick pull on something.

    When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!

    a sudden abrupt pull

  3. (США, пренебрежительное, сленг)A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, immoral, self-centered, or disagreeable.

    I finally fired him, because he was being a real jerk to his customers, even to some of the staff.

    You really are a jerk sometimes.

  4. (США, пренебрежительное, сленг)A stupid person; an idiot or fool.

    Trottel, Dummkopf, Blödmann

    a dull stupid fatuous person

  5. A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.

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

  6. (сленг)Masturbation.

  7. Masturbation.

    (интернет, сленг)An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.

    Jerk of the Year contender

  8. A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.

  9. The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

    Ruck

    рыво́кryvók

    (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration

  10. (Caribbean, Jamaica, неисчисляемое)A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.

  11. (Caribbean, Jamaica, неисчисляемое)Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.

    Jerk chicken is a local favorite.

Примеры

предложений: 224
  1. Tom can be such a jerk.

    Том может быть таким придурком. — odexed

  2. Tom didn't want Mary to think he was a jerk.

    Том не хотел, чтобы Мэри подумала о нём как об осле. — Lathean

  3. Tom was a jerk.

    Том был придурком. — odexed

    deTom war ein Narr. — wolfgangth

  4. Stop being a jerk.

    Перестань вести себя как придурок. — odexed

  5. Don't call me a jerk.

    Не называй меня придурком. — odexed

    ukНе називай мене покидьком. — deniko

    deNenn mich nicht einen Idioten. — Esperantostern

Переводы

языков: 8
Русский
По значениям 3
unlikable person:
sudden, uncontrolled movement:
quick, often unpleasant tug or shake:
Deutsch
По значениям 4
unlikable person:
sudden, uncontrolled movement:
quick, often unpleasant tug or shake:
dull or stupid person:

Происхождение

Probably from Middle English yerk (“sudden motion”) and Middle English yerkid (“tightly pu

Probably from Middle English yerk (“sudden motion”) and Middle English yerkid (“tightly pulled”), from Old English ġearc (“ready, active, quick”) and Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”). Cognate with Scots yerk (“to jerk”). Related also to English yare (“ready”).

Denominal verb of jerky, itself borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua ch'arki.

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Формы

мн. число: jerks
Ед. числоjerk
Мн. числоjerks

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Синонимы

синонимов: 557
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 41

Сочетаемость

шаблонов: 3
  • such a jerk
  • was a jerk
  • like a jerk

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