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jerk

[jurk] / dʒɜrk /


NOUN
contemptibly foolish person
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An early riser, Witkoff begins his day as it ends, pacing with his cellphone on a video call, its camera jerking haphazardly around the interior of his waterfront Miami mansion or private jet.

From The Wall Street Journal

At this week’s trial, Customs and Border Protection officer Joseph Zuraw said Judge Dugan jerked her thumb over her shoulder and told the agents to “get out.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Am I being a jerk if I just don’t do anything at all?

From MarketWatch

For the last 12 years, Lillie O’Brien has run London Borough of Jam out of a tiny jar-lined shop between a jerk chicken stand and a fashion designer on Chatsworth Road, in Hackney’s Clapton neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tone Young: There was nothing out that was specific for jerks.

From Los Angeles Times