jerk

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noun a lurching move

noun. stupid person

noun. stupid person

noun. contemptible person

verb. bounce up and down

verb. bounce up and down

noun. idiot

verb. resist, kick off

verb. resist, kick off

"to pull," 1540s, "to lash, strike as with a whip," of uncertain origin, perhaps echoic. Related: Jerked; jerking.

Suddenly she sat up with a jerk, and dashed her hand across her eyes.

Suddenly the door is pulled open with a jerk and our enemy leaps in.

Even as he held it up for all of them to see, his limbs began to jerk and stiffen.

As he spoke there was a sudden soft jar and jerk, then the schooner was still.

Being captain of the forecastle, I knew where to find it, and throw it loose at a jerk.

But fortunately there was still time to jerk down the curtain.

He drew his chair with a jerk to the tea-table, which of course was unnecessary.

Every once in a while we would stop with a jerk that would nearly snap our heads off.

He stopped with a jerk, his hand went to his heart, and he panted and scowled with pain.

He drew up with a jerk, and sat looking at the wagon standing there.