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      jerk
      noun
      A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
      A quick pull on something.
      (originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
      (US, slang, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
      (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
      (slang) Masturbation.
      (Internet slang) An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
      (preceded by definite article) A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
      (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
      (Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
      (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.
      (US, obsolete) A soda jerk.
      verb
      (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
      (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
      (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
      (Internet slang) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
      (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
      To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
      (obsolete) To beat, to hit.
      (obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
      (obsolete) To flout with contempt.
      Synonyms for jerk
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