jerk
noun
[ dʒəːk ]
• a quick, sharp, sudden movement.
• "he gave a sudden jerk of his head"
Similar:
yank,
tug,
pull,
wrench,
snatch,
heave,
drag,
tweak,
twitch,
jolt,
lurch,
bump,
start,
jar,
jog,
bang,
bounce,
shake,
shock,
jounce,
• a contemptibly foolish person.
Similar:
fool,
idiot,
halfwit,
nincompoop,
blockhead,
buffoon,
dunce,
dolt,
ignoramus,
cretin,
imbecile,
dullard,
moron,
simpleton,
clod,
dope,
ninny,
chump,
dimwit,
nitwit,
goon,
dumbo,
dummy,
dum-dum,
dumb-bell,
loon,
jackass,
bonehead,
fathead,
numbskull,
dunderhead,
chucklehead,
knucklehead,
muttonhead,
pudding-head,
thickhead,
wooden-head,
airhead,
pinhead,
lamebrain,
pea-brain,
birdbrain,
zombie,
nerd,
dipstick,
donkey,
noodle,
nit,
numpty,
twit,
clot,
ass,
goat,
plonker,
berk,
prat,
pillock,
wally,
git,
wazzock,
divvy,
nerk,
twerp,
charlie,
mug,
muppet,
nyaff,
balloon,
sumph,
gowk,
gobdaw,
schmuck,
bozo,
boob,
lamer,
turkey,
schlepper,
chowderhead,
dumbhead,
dumbass,
goofball,
goof,
goofus,
galoot,
dork,
lummox,
klutz,
putz,
schlemiel,
sap,
meatball,
gink,
cluck,
clunk,
ding-dong,
dingbat,
wiener,
weeny,
dip,
simp,
jerk
verb
• move or cause to move with a jerk.
• "the van jerked forward"
Similar:
yank,
tug,
pull,
wrench,
wrest,
heave,
haul,
drag,
tweak,
twitch,
pluck,
snatch,
seize,
rip,
tear,
whisk,
whip,
jolt,
lurch,
bump,
jog,
bang,
rattle,
bounce,
shake,
jounce,
Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting a stroke with a whip): probably imitative.
jerk
noun
• meat or fish that has been seasoned or marinated in a blend of chilli, allspice, and other ingredients and barbecued over a wood fire.
• "a plate of jerk chicken"
jerk
verb
• season or marinate (meat or fish) in a blend of chilli, allspice, and other ingredients and barbecue it over a wood fire.
• "If they didn't use pimento to jerk the chicken it's not the original Jamaican jerk chicken"
• cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it.
• "they became excellent marksmen, poaching the wild cattle and jerking the beef"
Origin:
early 18th century (as a verb): from Latin American Spanish charquear, from charqui, from Quechua echarqui ‘dried flesh’.
