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Noun jerk has 4 senses
  1. jerk, dork - a dull stupid fatuous person
    --1 is a kind of misfit
    --1 has particulars: schmuck, shmuck, schmo, shmo
  2. jerk, jerking, jolt - an abrupt spasmodic movement
    --2 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
    Derived forms: verb jerk5, verb jerk4, verb jerk3, verb jerk2, verb jerk1
  3. jerk, rate of acceleration - (mechanics) the rate of change of velocity
    --3 is a kind of rate
  4. tug, jerk - a sudden abrupt pull
    --4 is a kind of pull, pulling
    Derived forms: verb jerk2, verb jerk1
,Verb jerk has 5 senses
  1. yank, jerk - pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
    --1 is one way to pull, draw, force
    Derived forms: noun jerk4, noun jerk2, noun jerker1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. jerk, twitch - move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings"
    --2 is one way to move
    Derived forms: noun jerk2, noun jerk4, noun jerking1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. twitch, jerk - make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"
    --3 is one way to move involuntarily, move reflexively
    Derived forms: noun jerk2, noun jerking1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody's (body part) ----s
  4. buck, jerk, hitch - jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"
    --4 is one way to move
    Derived form: noun jerk2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  5. jerk, flick - throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"
    --5 is one way to push, force
    Derived form: noun jerk2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
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