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Noun jerk has 4 senses
- jerk, dork - a dull stupid fatuous person
--1 is a kind of misfit
--1 has particulars: schmuck, shmuck, schmo, shmo
- jerk, jerking, jolt - an abrupt spasmodic movement
--2 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
- jerk, rate of acceleration - (mechanics) the rate of change of velocity
--3 is a kind of rate
- tug, jerk - a sudden abrupt pull
--4 is a kind of pull, pulling
Verb jerk has 5 senses
- yank, jerk - pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
--1 is one way to pull, draw, force
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- jerk, twitch - move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- twitch, jerk - make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"
--3 is one way to move involuntarily, move reflexively
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody's (body part) ----s
- buck, jerk, hitch - jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"
--4 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- jerk, flick - throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"
--5 is one way to push, force
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
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