Jerk

"Jerk" in Finnish

idiootti

(dull or stupid person)

kiihtyvyyden muutos

(physics: rate of change in acceleration)

kiskaisu

(quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

kusipää

(unlikable person)

mulkku

(unlikable person)

nykäisy

(quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

nykäys

(quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

nykäys

(physics: rate of change in acceleration)

nytkähdys

(sudden, uncontrolled movement)

paskiainen

(unlikable person)

säpsähdys

(sudden, uncontrolled movement)

tomppeli

(dull or stupid person)

toope

(dull or stupid person)

ääliö

(dull or stupid person)

heilahduttaa

(transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

heilahtaa

(intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement)

heilauttaa

(transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

kuivata

(to cure by cutting into strips and drying)

nytkähtää

(intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement)

nytkäyttää

(transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

tönäistä

(transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake)

valmistaa kuivalihaa

(to cure by cutting into strips and drying)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.