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   Jerk (jẽrk), v. t. [Corrupted from Peruv. charqui dried beef.] To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, “to jerk beef”. See Charqui.
   
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   Jerk, v. t.  [imp. & p. p. Jerked (jẽrkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Jerking.] [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to yard a measure.]
   
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   1.  To beat; to strike. [Obs.]  Florio.
   
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   2.  To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, “to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.”
   
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   3.  To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, “to jerk a stone”.
   
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   Jerk, v. i.
   1.  To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.  Milton.
   
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   2.  To flout with contempt.
   
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   Jerk, n.
   
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   1.  A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
   
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   His jade gave him a jerk. B. Jonson.
   
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   2.  A sudden start or spring.
   
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   Lobsters . . . swim backwards by jerks  or springs. Grew.
   
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   3. A foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person. [Slang]
   
   Syn. -- jerkoff.
   
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   4. (Sport) The lifting of a weight, in a single rapid motion, from shoulder height until the arms are outstretched above the head; distinguished from press in that the motion in a jerk is more rapid, and the body may be moved under the weight to assist completion of the movement; as, “a clean and jerk of two hundred pounds”.
   
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   2. Calisthenic exercises, such as push-ups or deep knee bends; also called physical jerks. [British]
   
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