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1. Pull, or move with a sudden movement
   "He turned the handle and jerked the door open";
   - yank [informal], hoick [informal]
    
2. Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
   "The patient's legs were jerking";
   - twitch
    
3. Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
   - twitch
    
4. Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
   - buck, hitch
    
5. Throw or toss with a quick motion
   "jerk his head";
   - flick

1. [informal] A dull stupid fatuous person
   - dork [informal]
    
2. An abrupt spasmodic movement
   - jerking, jolt, saccade
    
3. (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
    
4. Meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
   - jerky, jerked meat
    
5. Raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
    
6. A sudden abrupt pull
   - tug

Derived forms: jerking, jerked, jerks

Type of: draw, force, meat, misfit, motility, motion, move, move involuntarily, move reflexively, movement, pull, push, rate, weightlift, weightlifting

Part of: clean, clean and jerk

Encyclopedia: Jerk