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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Jerking \Jerk"ing\, n.
     The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk. --
     Jerk"ing*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jerking \Jerk"ing\, n.
     The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk. --
     Jerk"ing*ly, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jerk \Jerk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jerked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Jerking.] [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to yard a measure.]
     1. To beat; to strike. [Obs.] --Florio.
  
     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.
  
     3. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the
        hand; as, to jerk a stone.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  jerking
       adj : not having a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat" [syn:
             arrhythmic, jerky, unsteady]
       n : an abrupt spasmodic movement [syn: jerk, jolt]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jerking
     n.
     A motion that jerks; a jerk.
     vb.
     (present participle of en jerk nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  jerking
     n.
     A motion that jerks; a jerk.
     vb.
     (present participle of en jerk nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  jerking
     n.
     A motion that jerks; a jerk.
     vb.
     (present participle of en jerk nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  jerking
     n.
     A motion that jerks; a jerk.
     vb.
     (present participle of en jerk nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jerking
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm j erk ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jerking
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en jerk ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb jerk)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Jerking /dʒˈɜːkɪŋ/
  الرجيج

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  jerking /dʒˈɜːkɪŋ/ 
  trhavý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  jerking /dʒˈɜːkɪŋ/
  trhající se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  jerking /dʒˈɜːkɪŋ/
  trhá

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  jerking /dʒˈɜːkɪŋ/
  Ruckeln

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  jerking /dʒˈɜːkɪŋ/
  ruckelnd, ruckend, anruckend
   see: jerk, jerked

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  jerking /dʒˈɜːkɪŋ/
  ziehend, stoßend, reißend, zerrend
   see: jerk, jerked, jerks, jerked

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  jerking /dʒˈɜːkɪŋ/
  zuckend, zusammenzuckend
   see: jerk, jerked, jerks, jerked

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]


  jerking /dʒˈɜːkɪŋ/
  
  τίναγμα, τράνταγμα

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈdʒɝkɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "jerking":
     anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning,
     convulsive, corning, curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing,
     drying, eclamptic, embalming, evaporation, fidgetiness, fidgets,
     fidgety, fitful, formication, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming,
     irradiation, itchiness, jerky, jiggety, jumpy, marination,
     mummification, orgasmic, pickling, potting, pruritus,
     quick-freezing, refrigeration, saltatory, salting, seasoning,
     smoking, spasmodic, spastic, stuffing, taxidermy, tinning,
     twitchety, twitching, twitchy, vellication, vellicative

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