Meaning

9 senses

  1. (intransitive)To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

    zucken

    вздра́гиватьvzdrágivatʹ, вздро́гнутьvzdrógnutʹ, дёргатьсяdjórgatʹsja

    pull, or move with a sudden movement

  2. (transitive)To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

    rucken

    дёргатьdjórgatʹ, дёрнутьdjórnutʹ, рвану́тьrvanútʹ

  3. (US, slang, vulgar)To masturbate.

  4. To masturbate.

    (Internet, US, slang, vulgar)To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.

    This is jerking’s 9/11

  5. (transitive, usually)To lift using a jerk.

  6. To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

    dörren

    вя́литьvjálitʹ

  7. (obsolete)To beat, to hit.

  8. (obsolete)To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.

    to jerk a stone

    throw or toss with a quick motion

  9. (obsolete)To flout with contempt.

Examples

224 sentences

  1. Your ex-boyfriend is a jerk.

    Твій колишній — покидьок. — deniko

    deDein Ex ist ein Schwachkopf. — enteka

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  2. I know Tom is a jerk.

    Я знаю, що Том — покидьок. — deniko

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  3. I'm sorry I acted like a jerk.

    Перепрошую, що поводився як покидьок. — deniko

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  4. I know that Tom is a jerk.

    Я знаю, що Том — покидьок. — deniko

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  5. I'm sorry that I acted like a jerk.

    Перепрошую, що поводився як мудак. — deniko

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement:
transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake:
to cure by cutting into strips and drying:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement:
transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake:
to cure by cutting into strips and drying:

Origin

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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Forms

jerks, jerking, jerked, jerked
Base formjerk · to jerk
3rd person singularjerks
Present participlejerking
Past simplejerked
Past participlejerked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjerk
he, she, itjerks

Past simpleLesson

all personsjerked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jerked
he, she, ithas jerked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jerk

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

95 synonyms
thumpB1strikeB1bangB1batterC1beatB1blowA1cuffB2dashB2flapB2kickA1knockB1hammerB2hitA2impactA2
Close in meaning
  • throw or toss with a quick motion:flick
  • move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions:twitch
  • make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion:twitch
  • pull, or move with a sudden movement:yank
  • jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched:buckhitch

Word family

12 related words
Relatedaccelerationdisplacementvelocityjouncejerkerjerking
Derivedjerksomejerk aroundjerk overjerk waterjerkwaterjerk up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • such a jerk
  • was a jerk
  • like a jerk

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jeopardizeB2jeopardyjerboajerkyjerseyC1
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