jerk

jerk has 19 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. t.. To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
• v. t.. To beat; to strike.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
• v. i.. To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.
• v. i.. To flout with contempt.
• n.. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
• n.. A sudden start or spring.
• n.. a sudden abrupt pull
• n.. an abrupt spasmodic movement
• n.. raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
• n.. meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun