A Quick and Simple Dictionary

jerk

1. Noun.  A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
2. Noun.  A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
3. Noun.  (US, slang) A dull or stupid person..
4. Noun.  (US, slang) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered(,) or disagreeable.
5. Noun.  (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
6. Noun.  (obsolete) A soda jerk.
7. Noun.  (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
8. Verb.  (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
10. Verb.  (US, slang) To masturbate.
11. Verb.  (obsolete) To beat, to hit.
12. Verb.  (obsolete) To throw.
13. Verb.  To cut and dry meat.
14. Verb.  (usually, transitive) To lift using a jerk.
15. Noun.  (Caribbean) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
16. Noun.  (Caribbean) Meat cured by jerking; charqui.
17. Verb.  To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.