Dictionary entry details
• JERK (noun)
Meaning:
A dull stupid fatuous person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dork; jerk
Hypernyms ("jerk" is a kind of...):
misfit (someone unable to adapt to their circumstances)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jerk"):
schmo; schmuck; shmo; shmuck ((Yiddish) a jerk)
Meaning:
An abrupt spasmodic movement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
jerking; jerk; jolt; saccade
Hypernyms ("jerk" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
Meaning:
(mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("jerk" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Domain category:
mechanics (the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference)
Meaning:
Meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
jerked meat; jerky; jerk
Hypernyms ("jerk" is a kind of...):
meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jerk"):
beef jerky (strips of dried beef)
biltong (meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun)
Meaning:
Raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("jerk" is a kind of...):
weightlift; weightlifting (bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights)
Holonyms ("jerk" is a part of...):
clean; clean and jerk (a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead)
Meaning:
A sudden abrupt pull
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
tug; jerk
Hypernyms ("jerk" is a kind of...):
pull; pulling (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)
• JERK (verb)
Meaning:
Pull, or move with a sudden movement
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
yank; jerk
Context example:
He turned the handle and jerked the door open
Hypernyms (to "jerk" is one way to...):
draw; force; pull (cause to move by pulling)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
jerk; twitch
Context example:
The patient's legs were jerkings
Hypernyms (to "jerk" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
twitch; jerk
Context example:
his face is twitching
Hypernyms (to "jerk" is one way to...):
move involuntarily; move reflexively (move in an uncontrolled manner)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jerk"):
fibrillate (make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Meaning:
Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
hitch; buck; jerk
Context example:
the yung filly bucked
Hypernyms (to "jerk" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Throw or toss with a quick motion
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
flick; jerk
Context examples:
flick a piece of paper across the table / jerk his head
Hypernyms (to "jerk" is one way to...):
force; push (move with force,)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
