Jerk

//ˈdʒɜːk//

Synonyms for "jerk" (908 found)

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Noun(193 words)
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Noun(240 words)
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Translations

234 translations across 37 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • رَعَشَة noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)
  • هَزَّة noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • يرتعش verb (intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement)
  • يهز verb (transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • рывок noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • друсане noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • дърпане noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • изтласкване noun (weightlifting: type of lift)
  • рязко движение noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)

Catalan

1 entries
  • sobreacceleració noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 傻瓜 noun (unlikable person)
  • 加加速度 noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)
  • 急動度 /急动度 noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)
  • noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

Czech

4 entries
  • blb noun (dull or stupid person)
  • blb noun (unlikable person)
  • blbec noun (dull or stupid person)
  • blbec noun (unlikable person)

Danish

2 entries
  • fjols noun (unlikable person)
  • idiot noun (unlikable person)

Dutch

4 entries
  • droplul noun (unlikable person)
  • klojo noun (unlikable person)
  • lul noun (unlikable person)
  • ruk noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • aĉulo noun (unlikable person)
  • idioto noun (unlikable person)
  • stultulo noun (unlikable person)

Finnish

4 entries
  • idiootti noun (dull or stupid person)
  • kiihtyvyyden muutos noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)
  • kiskaisu noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • kusipää noun (unlikable person)

French

4 entries
  • cahot noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • clonie noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)
  • con noun (unlikable person)
  • conard noun (unlikable person)

Georgian

4 entries
  • კვრა noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • კრუნჩხვა noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)
  • სპაზმი noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)
  • ტოკვა noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)

German

4 entries
  • Arsch noun (unlikable person)
  • Arschloch noun (unlikable person)
  • Blödmann noun (dull or stupid person)
  • Dummkopf noun (dull or stupid person)

Greek

1 entries
  • κόπανος noun (unlikable person)

Hindi

3 entries
  • चांडाल noun (unlikable person)
  • झटका noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)
  • झटकना verb (intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • geci noun (unlikable person)
  • seggfej noun (unlikable person)
  • ráng verb (intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement)
  • rángat verb (transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • kippur noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)
  • kippur noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • rykkur noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • viðbragð noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • bajingan noun (unlikable person)
  • bangsat noun (unlikable person)
  • brengsek noun (unlikable person)
  • perubahan percepatan noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)

Interlingua

3 entries
  • spasmo noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)
  • succussa noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • vexator noun (unlikable person)

Italian

4 entries
  • babbeo noun (unlikable person)
  • buco del culo noun (unlikable person)
  • chiavica noun (unlikable person)
  • idiota noun (unlikable person)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ジャーク noun (weightlifting: type of lift)
  • 加加速度 noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)
  • 躍度 noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)

Korean

2 entries
  • 가가속도 noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)
  • 저크 noun (weightlifting: type of lift)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • шутрак noun (unlikable person)

Malay

1 entries
  • sentakan noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)

Māori

4 entries
  • pahiwi noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • pahiwi verb (transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • whakanou verb (transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • whakanounou verb (transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • طوی noun (dull or stupid person)

Polish

1 entries
  • zryw noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abécula noun (unlikable person)
  • babaca noun (dull or stupid person)
  • cacoete noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)
  • espasmo noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ch'arkiy verb (to cure by cutting into strips and drying)

Russian

4 entries
  • вздра́гивание noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)
  • гад noun (unlikable person)
  • гни́да noun (unlikable person)
  • деби́л noun (unlikable person)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cabrón noun (unlikable person)
  • cretino noun (unlikable person)
  • culeado noun (unlikable person)
  • espasmo noun (sudden, uncontrolled movement)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fjant noun (dull or stupid person)
  • idiot noun (unlikable person)
  • knyck noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • ryck noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • gago noun (unlikable person)
  • kupal noun (dull or stupid person)
  • lukbain verb (to cure by cutting into strips and drying)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ani hareket noun (quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)
  • ani hareket noun (physics: rate of change in acceleration)
  • aşağılık kimse noun (unlikable person)
  • pislik noun (unlikable person)

Urdu

1 entries
  • چنڈال noun (unlikable person)

Welsh

1 entries
  • twpsyn noun (dull or stupid person)

Zealandic

1 entries
  • snokke verb (transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

Sample sentences

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He's such a shameless jerk.

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He's completely convinced of his own greatness but to the people around him he's just a selfish jerk.

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Suppose there's some jerk you just can't get on with.

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You're a jerk.

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