I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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She jerked around and the wire stretched a little, but that was all.
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Sister Zoe jerked around , her full black skirt ballooning as she hurried to my side.
away
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That sudden movement, slight as it was, jerked away the stone which Chignell had placed behind one of the wheels.
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When I tried to pick him up he squirmed wildly, jerked away and threw himself to the ground again.
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He patted my head, brushing his fingers across my ear, and I jerked away .
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He grabbed his daughter's long sleeve, but she jerked away , ripping the flower-embroidered linen, towards the other table.
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He stretched out a hand to touch her face and she jerked away .
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Recollecting herself suddenly, she jerked away sharply.
back
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It is jerked back into order by the chapters voiced by the caring Anacreonte.
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She jerked back , surprised by the anger on his face, then reassured by the apology she saw there.
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I jerked back up under the covers before he saw me looking.
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Dyson half expected him to come jerking back for a reprise of the First Collect.
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Christopher jerked back and kicked, and the bowl of water spilt into the chair, over his legs and over Alan.
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The pupa's skull is jerked back , its jaw dislocated and its eyes suddenly black and empty.
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I jerked back , tingling with fear, feeling it peel off like a strand of elastoplast.
forward
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In no time at all it jerked forward , and there I was, on my way.
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The horse stopped, so suddenly that I was jerked forward on his neck.
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He Wrked the handle, brought the bolt rearward, then drove it forward jerking the handle down.
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But her sudden command made him stand violently on the pedal and they were both jerked forward against their seat-belts.
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Philippa's hand jerked forward anxiously and knocked over the bottle of varnish remover.
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The left knee is then jerked forward while the right leg is extended in a clockwise arc.
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His torso jerked forward convulsively, and he vomited into the mud and the rain.
round
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As she picked up the notebook she heard a sound close behind her and jerked round .
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Marcus went white and jerked round sharply to look at the figure behind him.
up
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And every time I came to that bit I jerked up in my chair and Miss Ross shouted at me.
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He grinned and his hands jerked up , tangling with the air as if he wanted to grab her.
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She jerked up his arm, and spun round under it.
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He ignored me, jerked up and down and wailed bitterly as he clung to her.
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Less than a second later he was jerked up and around to meet a devastating punch straight to the jaw.
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The full impact of it seemed to come from the roof, and was so strong that she jerked up in bed.
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Even the swings troubled her, dark shapes jerking up at the limit of her vision.
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His head jerked up in her direction then went back to studying the ground.
■ NOUN
body
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If his body jerked when he was struck again, and fatally, it was no more than an instant's convulsion.
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His whole body had jerked , he had nearly hit buy rather than sell mid-deal.
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Tom Dawson's body arched and jerked .
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Slowly Tommy placed his arm on the floor, his whole body jerking with fear.
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Their bodies jerked up and down, twisting and jumping.
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Then the drop and the slim, lithe body jerking violently at the end of the rope.
foot
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It jerked his foot banged his knee and was yanked back open.
hand
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As he choked, Gazzer's right hand jerked spasmodically behind him, clutching at Simon's jacket.
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He grinned and his hands jerked up, tangling with the air as if he wanted to grab her.
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It was in her hand when the soldier jerked her roughly around and pulled her against him.
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His hand jerked across the desk, but Litchfield pushed it back.
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Terrified that he would guess her wanton reaction to the heart-stopping touch of his hand , Isabel jerked her head away.
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Philippa's hand jerked forward anxiously and knocked over the bottle of varnish remover.
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Harry grabbed her hand and jerked her back into his arms.
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She put both hands before her and jerked wide awake with a scream.
head
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Thérèse's head jerked round: how?
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Garty's head jerked violently sideways; he lurched, stumbled, almost fell, then seemed to find his balance again.
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His head jerked up in her direction then went back to studying the ground.
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Flesh-skimped fingers entwined themselves in his hair and Creed cried out as his head was jerked back.
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The soldier woke up with a snort; his head jerked up and he looked at us inquiringly.
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Wexford took hold of his jacket roughly, pushing him so that his head jerked up.
knee
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Again people are asking why, while politicians' knees are jerking frantically.
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The left knee is then jerked forward while the right leg is extended in a clockwise arc.
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His knee jerked up and down to the clacking of the metronome on the piano lid.
thumb
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He waved and grinned at her and jerked a thumb upwards.
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The doctor jerked a thumb to the right.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
come/roll/jerk/skid etc to a stop
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A limousine carrying Harris and several other black passengers jerked to a stop .
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An unshaven old man in a stained jacket comes to a stop beside us.
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And moments later he comes to a stop .
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As it came to a stop , it widened the frenzied cluster of moths surrounding the yellow platform light over his head.
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He had given no sign of injury until we came to a stop .
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It swerved wildly towards the wall, bounced over the pavement and came to a stop four feet from the concrete wall.
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Once it has been consumed, the Darwinian machine comes to a stop .
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When it jerked to a stop they were led out into a narrow carpeted passage.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Graham had to jerk the steering wheel to the left to avoid a crash.
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He jerked the string and the light came on.
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Isabel jerked her hand away from his and shoved it in her pocket.
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Mark jerked the phone away from the girl.
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Sue jerked her thumb toward the garage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A limousine carrying Harris and several other black passengers jerked to a stop.
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Bonaventure, but none of them reported any of the jerking movement, incontinence or tongue-biting that usually accompanies seizures.
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He jerked upright when the phone rang.
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His whole body had jerked, he had nearly hit buy rather than sell mid-deal.
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In the early hours of the morning, at about three, Stephen jerked awake from a nightmare.
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She mouthed the name at Ottershaw, and he jerked his head towards the kitchen.
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The doctor jerked a thumb to the right.
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The seat beneath me swayed and jerked according to the simplemindedness of that hunching locomotive fit for a child.
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They jerked wildly in toward the cliff, among the blocks of stone.
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Two men appeared in front of him, and he caught her wrist and jerked her to one side, raising his sword.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He's an unprofessional jerk who's always pestering the women in the office.
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Her husband was being a real jerk about the divorce.
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I liked the job, but the manager was a jerk .
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Ignore him. He's just a jerk .
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Ow! You jerk , that hurt!
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She pulled the dog back with a sharp jerk of his leash.
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She seems to always end up in a relationship with some total jerk .
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Some jerk just drove right into the back of my car.
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The train moved off with a jerk .
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Why do you put up with a jerk like that?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His eyes blinked violently in a spasm that screwed up his face in rapid jerks.
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The man indicated the one in the far corner with a jerk of his head.