jerk

IPA: dʒˈɝk

A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
A quick tug or shake.
(originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable; an arsehole.
(US, slang, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
(weightlifting) 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.
(slang) An act of male masturbation.
(preceded by definite article) 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.
(physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
(US, obsolete) A soda jerk.
(Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
(Caribbean, Jamaica) 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.

Examples of "jerk" in Sentences

The jerk gene is in the y chromosome.
Don't blaspheme the resurrection, jerk.
The force points in the direction of the jerk.
She jerks the wheel and crashes the truck off the road.
The two lifts competed are the clean and jerk and the snatch.
Can this topic head back to the circle jerk of the fanboards
The type of lift used was similar to the modern clean and jerk.
Material learned covers the foundation of the snatch and the clean and jerk.
Without it, the beginning of the loop gave a disconcerting jerk in the motion.
As the vehicle goes farther into the curve, the gear unlocks causing it to jerk.