Jerking

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jerk \Jerk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jerked} (j[~e]rkt); 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jerking \Jerk"ing\, n.
     The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk. --
     {Jerk"ing*ly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jerking
       adj : not having a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat" [syn:
             {arrhythmic}, {jerky}, {unsteady}]
       n : an abrupt spasmodic movement [syn: {jerk}, {jolt}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "jerking":
     anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning,
     convulsive, corning, curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing,
     drying, eclamptic, embalming, evaporation, fidgetiness, fidgets,
     fidgety, fitful, formication, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming,
     irradiation, itchiness, jerky, jiggety, jumpy, marination,
     mummification, orgasmic, pickling, potting, pruritus,
     quick-freezing, refrigeration, saltatory, salting, seasoning,
     smoking, spasmodic, spastic, stuffing, taxidermy, tinning,
     twitchety, twitching, twitchy, vellication, vellicative