Definizione monolingua

jerk

jerk (third-person singular simple present jerks, present participle jerking, simple past and past participle jerked)

1. (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
2. (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
3. (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
4. (obsolete) To beat, to hit.
5. (obsolete) To throw.
6. To cut and dry meat.
7. (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.

jerk (plural jerks)

1. A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
   • 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling

     The black cloth bestrewn with white beads blew up from time to time, laying bare the coffin. The tired bearers walked more slowly, and it advanced with constant jerks, like a boat that pitches with every wave.

2. A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

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

3. (US, slang, pejorative) A dull or stupid person.
4. (US, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, 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.

5. (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
6. (obsolete) A soda jerk.
7. (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.

Definizione dizionario jerk

	idiota
	unlikable person

	strappo
	quick, often unpleasant tug or shake

	strattone
	quick, often unpleasant tug or shake

	odioso
	unlikable person

	offensivo
	unlikable person

	scatto
	sudden, uncontrolled movement

	scemo
	unlikable person

	sgradevole
	unlikable person

	sobbalzo
	sudden, uncontrolled movement

	spasmo
	sudden, uncontrolled movement

	stronzo
	unlikable person

	tic
	sudden, uncontrolled movement

coglione

credulone

folata

gonzo

grullo

scossa

scossone

spinta

stratto

strattonare

Altri significati:

A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.

transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake

A dull stupid fatuous person.

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

(obsolete) A soda jerk.

(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

(obsolete) To throw.

(physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

(Caribbean) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade

(US, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

(obsolete) To beat, to hit.

change in acceleration with respect to time

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

intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement

(US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.

(Caribbean) Meat cured by jerking; charqui.

To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.