Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "jerk" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

bagging babe laugh at failures

Coordinate Terms

shove

Derived Terms

Achilles jerk circle jerk circle-jerk circlejerk clean and jerk congressjerk forearm jerk hypnagogic jerk hypnic jerk jerk around jerk it jerk off jerk over jerk someone's chain jerk the gherkin jerk town jerk up jerk water jerk-water jerkass jerkdar jerkdom jerker jerkery jerkess jerkface jerkhead jerkhole jerkhood jerkish jerkism jerkitude jerkless jerklike jerkmeter jerkness jerko jerksome jerksome jerkwad jerkwater jerkweed knee jerk knee-jerk megajerk soda jerk twerk upjerk

Derived From

jerky

Etymologically Related To

charqui yare

Context

caribbean engineering mechanics pejorative physics slang us vulgar weightlifting

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

draw force meat misfit motility motion move move move involuntarily move reflexively movement pull pull pulling push rate weightlift weightlifting

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Female jerks Jerks by objectionable quality Male jerks antimodel bitch bitch eating crackers cow hussy know-it-all malapert shrew son of a bitch son of a gun

Type Of (IsA)

misfit motion rate weightlifting

Manner Of

move push

Part Of

clean and jerk

Related Terms

:Category:English shitgibbons Because oral sex deprecation and anti-gay bias both have long histories among humans acceleration criminal displacement fool idiot jerky jounce jounce many of the words for "contemptible person" come from literal terms for anyone who performs oral sex or performs anal sex; see overlap at Thesaurus:gay man sycophant testicles trash velocity villain worthless person

Related Terms

acceleration bad bad guy beat change charqui contempt cure disagreeable displacement flout guy hit insult irritating irritating guy jerky jounce lift marinade mean movement obnoxious person pull quick quick pull rude rude guy self centered shake soda jerk sudden throw time tug uncontrolled unlikable unpleasant velocity

Similar Terms

twitch

Synonym Network

asshole buck jerky jolt numbskull tug twitch yank

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