JERK

noun a sudden start or spring.

2. jerk ·vi to flout with contempt.

3. jerk ·vi to make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.

4. jerk ·vt to beat; to strike.

5. jerk ·noun a short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.

6. jerk ·vt to throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.

7. jerk ·vt to cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. ·see charqui.

8. jerk ·vt 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.