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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jerk \Jerk\ (j[~e]rk), v. t. [Corrupted from Peruv. charqui dried beef.] To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, to jerk beef. See {Charqui}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jerk \Jerk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jerked} (j[~e]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Jerking}.] [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to yard a measure.] [1913 Webster] 1. To beat; to strike. [Obs.] --Florio. [1913 Webster] 2. To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off. [1913 Webster] 3. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jerk \Jerk\, v. i. 1. To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To flout with contempt. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jerk \Jerk\, n. [1913 Webster] 1. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion. [1913 Webster] His jade gave him a jerk. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden start or spring. [1913 Webster] Lobsters . . . swim backwards by jerks or springs. --Grew. [1913 Webster] 3. A foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person. [Slang] Syn: jerkoff. [PJC] 4. (Sport) The lifting of a weight, in a single rapid motion, from shoulder height until the arms are outstretched above the head; distinguished from {press} in that the motion in a jerk is more rapid, and the body may be moved under the weight to assist completion of the movement; as, a clean and jerk of two hundred pounds. [PJC] 2. Calisthenic exercises, such as push-ups or deep knee bends; also called {physical jerks}. [British] [PJC] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: jerk n 1: a dull stupid fatuous person [syn: {jerk}, {dork}] 2: an abrupt spasmodic movement [syn: {jerk}, {jerking}, {jolt}, {saccade}] 3: (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration 4: meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun [syn: {jerky}, {jerked meat}, {jerk}] 5: raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms 6: a sudden abrupt pull [syn: {tug}, {jerk}] v 1: pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open" [syn: {yank}, {jerk}] 2: move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings" [syn: {jerk}, {twitch}] 3: make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching" [syn: {twitch}, {jerk}] 4: jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked" [syn: {buck}, {jerk}, {hitch}] 5: throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" [syn: {jerk}, {flick}]