(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something or someone in a particular direction, or they ~ in a particular direction, they move a short distance very suddenly and quickly.
Mr Griffin ~ed forward in his chair...
‘This is Brady Coyne,’ said Sam, ~ing his head in my direction...
Eleanor ~ed her wrist free...
VERB: V adv/prep, V n adv/prep, V n adj
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Jerk is also a noun.
He indicated the bedroom with a ~ of his head.
N-COUNT
2.
If you call someone a ~, you are insulting them because you think they are stupid or you do not like them. (INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE)
N-COUNT disapproval
3.
see also knee-~