verb, noun
verb [usually +adv./prep.] to move or to make sth move with a sudden short sharp movement:
[VN] He jerked the phone away from her. * She jerked her head up. * [V] The bus jerked to a halt. * He grabbed a handful of hair and jerked at it. [also VN-ADJ]
PHRASALVERBS
jerk sb around (informal, especially AmE) to make things difficult for sb, especially by not being honest with them:
Consumers are often jerked around by big companies.
jerk off (!!!, slang) (of a man) to MASTURBATE
jerk out
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for jerk is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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