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jerk

noun · verb · 32 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜːk/
  • General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɝk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k
  • CMU ARPABET: JH ER1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The black cloth bestrewn with white beads blew up from time to time, laying bare the coffin. The tired bearers walked more slowly, and it advanced with constant jerks, like a boat that pitches with every wave.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jolt, lurch, shudder, shake, jump, working

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A quick pull on something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yank, tug

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, immoral, self-centered, or disagreeable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, derogatory, slang

Examples

  • I finally fired him, because he was being a real jerk to his customers, even to some of the staff.
  • You really are a jerk sometimes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: asshole, arsehole

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A stupid person; an idiot or fool.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, derogatory, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon, brickhead, Charlie, chucklehead, chowderhead, chump, clart, clown, der-brain, dill pickle, dim bulb, dimwit, dingleberry, dipshit, dipstick, dirtbrain, div, divvo, divvy, dolt, donk, doodle, doofus, dope, dork, dote, dotterel, dullard, dumbass, dumbbell, dumbo, dumb fuck, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fathead, fenderhead, fiddle, fuckwit, fuzznut, geck, gig, gink, goober, gooseberry, gowk, gubbins, gump, half-baked, ha'p'orth, Homer Simpson, ignoramus, imbecile, jamoke, jerk, jerkoff, jolterhead, jolthead, juggins, jughead, knucklehead, lamebrain, mameluke (US (Italian-American), slang), maroon, meathead, mong, moron, mug, muggins, mushhead, nimrod, nincompoop, nit, nitwit, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, numskull, numps, numpty, nupson, oaf, pillock, pinhead, plonker, prat, retard, shit for brains, shithead, shitwit, schmo, schmuck, smooth brain, snapperhead, softhead, sohai, sot, stupid, sucker, thickhead, tonto, tool, tosser, tosspot, tubelight, twat, twerp, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzock, yampy, addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, bimbo, blockhead, blubberbrain, Boeotian, boob, brainlet, bubblehead, bubble brain, bufflehead, cittern-head, clod, clodpate, clot, crackhead, cretin, cuckoo, deadhead, dimbo, dimbus, dingbat, ding dong, dingwad, dip, doldrum, donut, doof, doofoid, drivel, drongo, drool bucket, dumb bunny, dumb cluck, dumbhead, dumble, dumbling, dumbnut, dummkopf, dunderpate, eejit, featherbrain, fleabrain, fool, fopdoodle, galoot, gimboid, gomer, gonk, goof, goofball, goofy, goon, goose, goosecap, gorbuson, gudgeon, halfwit, ha'porth, hammerhead, idiot, inbred, jackaninny, jellybrain, knothead, lackwit, log, loggerhead, lummox, lunk, lunkhead, meatball, mental midget, mome, momo, mongoloid, mongtard, monkey, mouth breather, muttonhead, mutt, ninny, ninnyhammer, noddy, noodlehead, numbskull, peabrain, peagoose, pigwidgeon, plank, put, putz, sap, saphead, silly, simp, simpleton, space cadet, spanner, stupe, stupid-head, tard, thickskull, thicko, tomfool, toolbox, turkey, wazzer, witless wonder, yo-yo, zany, Vulgar:, ass, assclown, asshead, asstard, asswipe, buttbreath, dildo, donkey dick, Alternative spelling of dumbass., dumbfuck, dumbfucker, dumbshit, farthead, fuck-knuckle, fucktard, jackass, peckerhead, shitbrain, shitneck

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Masturbation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Masturbation.

An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, slang

Examples

  • Jerk of the Year contender

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: preceded by definite article

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jolt, surge, lurch

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Ellipsis of soda jerk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable

Examples

  • Jerk chicken is a local favorite.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To masturbate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, slang, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beat it, wank, abuse, bash one out, bate, beat off, crank one out, fap, frig, goon, jack off, jack it, jerk, jerk it, jerk the gherkin, jerk off, jerk one off, jerk one out, jork it, knock one out, make the bald man cry, masturbate, mastuprate, play pocket pool, play with oneself, pleasure oneself, rub one off, rub one out, self-abuse, self-pollute, service oneself, skeet, stroke, toss, toss off, touch oneself, wank off, whack off, yank

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To masturbate.

To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, US, slang, vulgar

Examples

  • This is jerking’s 9/11

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beat it, wank, abuse, bash one out, bate, beat off, crank one out, fap, frig, goon, jack off, jack it, jerk, jerk it, jerk the gherkin, jerk off, jerk one off, jerk one out, jork it, knock one out, make the bald man cry, masturbate, mastuprate, play pocket pool, play with oneself, pleasure oneself, rub one off, rub one out, self-abuse, self-pollute, service oneself, skeet, stroke, toss, toss off, touch oneself, wank off, whack off, yank

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To beat, to hit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thump, strike, bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, calcitrate, cuff, dab, dash, dowse, feeze, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, kick, knock, hammer, hit, impact, jerk, lambaste, lay into, lay on, lunge, patter, pat, pelt, pink, poke, pummel, punch, pound, tap, thrash, thwack, rap, slam, slap, smack, smite, spank, swap, swinge, vapulate, whack, whip, yerk

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • to jerk a stone

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fling, shy, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, jerk, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, slight, skew, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing, yeet

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To lift using a jerk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive, usually

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To flout with contempt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jerky

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

a sudden abrupt pull

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tug

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pull, pulling

23

noun

Meaning 23

an abrupt spasmodic movement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jerking, jolt, saccade

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: motion, movement, move, motility

24

noun

Meaning 24

raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weightlift, weightlifting

25

noun

Meaning 25

meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jerky, jerked meat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meat

Narrower terms: beef jerky, biltong

26

noun

Meaning 26

a dull stupid fatuous person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dork

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: misfit

Narrower terms: schmuck, shmuck, schmo, shmo

27

noun

Meaning 27

(mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rate

28

verb

Meaning 28

make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his face is twitching

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: twitch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move involuntarily, move reflexively

Narrower terms: fibrillate

29

verb

Meaning 29

throw or toss with a quick motion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • flick a piece of paper across the table
  • jerk his head

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flick

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: push, force

30

verb

Meaning 30

pull, or move with a sudden movement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He turned the handle and jerked the door open

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yank

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pull, draw, force

31

verb

Meaning 31

jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the yung filly bucked

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buck, hitch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move

32

verb

Meaning 32

move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The patient's legs were jerkings

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: twitch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move

History

Etymology

Probably from Middle English yerk (“sudden motion”) and Middle English yerkid (“tightly pulled”), from Old English ġearc (“ready, active, quick”) and Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”). Cognate with Scots yerk (“to jerk”). Related also to English yare (“ready”).

Denominal verb of jerky, itself borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua ch'arki.

Across languages

Translations

234 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَعَشَة (raʕaša) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Bulgarian: рязко движение (rjazko dviženie) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 痙攣 /痉挛 (jìngluán) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Czech: cuknutí — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Czech: trhnutí — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Czech: škubnutí — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Dutch: tic — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Finnish: nytkähdys — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Finnish: säpsähdys — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • French: tic — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • French: myoclonie — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • French: clonie — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • French: convulsion — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • French: spasme — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • French: tressaillement — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • French: sursaut — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • French: soubresaut — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Georgian: სპაზმი (sṗazmi) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Georgian: კრუნჩხვა (ḳrunčxva) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Georgian: ტოკვა (ṭoḳva) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • German: Zuckung — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Hindi: झटका (jhaṭkā) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Icelandic: kippur — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Icelandic: viðbragð — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Interlingua: spasmo — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Italian: sobbalzo — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Italian: scatto — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Italian: spasmo — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Italian: tic — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Portuguese: tique — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Portuguese: cacoete — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Portuguese: trejeito — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Portuguese: espasmo — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Russian: вздра́гивание (vzdrágivanije) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Russian: подёргивание (podjórgivanije) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Russian: спазм (spazm) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Russian: су́дорога (súdoroga) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Russian: тик (tik) — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Spanish: tic — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Spanish: espasmo — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Spanish: estremecimiento — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Spanish: repullo — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Swedish: ryckning — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Swedish: spasm — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Turkish: silki — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Turkish: titreme — sudden, uncontrolled movement
  • Arabic: هَزَّة (hazza) — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Bulgarian: дърпане (dǎrpane) — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Bulgarian: друсане (drusane) — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Chinese Mandarin: 抖 (dǒu) — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Czech: trhnutí — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Czech: škubnutí — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Dutch: ruk — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Finnish: nykäisy — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Finnish: nykäys — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Finnish: kiskaisu — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • French: secousse — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • French: saccade — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • French: cahot — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Georgian: ხელის კვრა (xelis ḳvra) — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Georgian: კვრა (ḳvra) — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • German: Ruck — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Icelandic: rykkur — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Icelandic: kippur — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Interlingua: succussa — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Italian: strattone — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Italian: strappo — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Māori: pahiwi — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Portuguese: puxada — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Portuguese: sacudida — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Russian: рыво́к (ryvók) — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Russian: толчо́к (tolčók) — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Spanish: sacudida — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Spanish: tirón — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Spanish: tumbo — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Swedish: ryck — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Swedish: skakning — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Swedish: knyck — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Turkish: ani hareket — quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Czech: blb — dull or stupid person
  • Czech: blbec — dull or stupid person
  • Czech: debil — dull or stupid person
  • Czech: idiot — dull or stupid person
  • Czech: kretén — dull or stupid person
  • Czech: pitomec — dull or stupid person
  • Czech: hlupák — dull or stupid person
  • Czech: hňup — dull or stupid person
  • Finnish: tomppeli — dull or stupid person
  • Finnish: toope — dull or stupid person
  • Finnish: ääliö — dull or stupid person
  • Finnish: idiootti — dull or stupid person
  • German: Trottel — dull or stupid person
  • German: Dummkopf — dull or stupid person
  • German: Blödmann — dull or stupid person
  • Portuguese: babaca — dull or stupid person
  • Swedish: fjant — dull or stupid person
  • Tagalog: kupal — dull or stupid person
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوی (toy) — dull or stupid person
  • Welsh: twpsyn — dull or stupid person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傻瓜 (shǎguā) — unlikable person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蠢人 (chǔnrén) — unlikable person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 笨蛋 (bèndàn) — unlikable person
  • Czech: blb — unlikable person
  • Czech: blbec — unlikable person
  • Czech: debil — unlikable person
  • Czech: idiot — unlikable person
  • Czech: kretén — unlikable person
  • Czech: pitomec — unlikable person
  • Czech: hovado — unlikable person
  • Danish: fjols — unlikable person
  • Danish: idiot — unlikable person
  • Dutch: zak — unlikable person
  • Dutch: lul — unlikable person
  • Dutch: droplul — unlikable person
  • Dutch: klojo — unlikable person
  • Esperanto: stultulo — unlikable person
  • Esperanto: idioto — unlikable person
  • Esperanto: aĉulo — unlikable person
  • Finnish: paskiainen — unlikable person
  • Finnish: kusipää — unlikable person
  • Finnish: mulkku — unlikable person
  • French: conard — unlikable person
  • French: connard — unlikable person
  • French: con — unlikable person
  • French: crétin — unlikable person
  • German: Arsch — unlikable person
  • German: Arschloch — unlikable person
  • German: Schwein — unlikable person
  • German: Trottel — unlikable person
  • German: Hanswurst — unlikable person
  • German: Flasche — unlikable person
  • German: Wichser — unlikable person
  • German: Saftsack — unlikable person
  • German: Sackarsch — unlikable person
  • Greek: κόπανος (kópanos) — unlikable person
  • Hindi: चांडाल (cāṇḍāl) — unlikable person
  • Hungarian: seggfej — unlikable person
  • Hungarian: geci — unlikable person
  • Indonesian: bajingan — unlikable person
  • Indonesian: bangsat — unlikable person
  • Indonesian: brengsek — unlikable person
  • Indonesian: sontoloyo — unlikable person
  • Interlingua: vexator — unlikable person
  • Italian: idiota — unlikable person
  • Italian: scemo — unlikable person
  • Italian: stronzo — unlikable person
  • Italian: babbeo — unlikable person
  • Italian: chiavica — unlikable person
  • Italian: buco del culo — unlikable person
  • Macedonian: шутрак (šutrak) — unlikable person
  • Portuguese: estúpido — unlikable person
  • Portuguese: abécula — unlikable person
  • Russian: подле́ц (podléc) — unlikable person
  • Russian: негодя́й (negodjáj) — unlikable person
  • Russian: гад (gad) — unlikable person
  • Russian: гни́да (gnída) — unlikable person
  • Russian: муда́к (mudák) — unlikable person
  • Russian: деби́л (debíl) — unlikable person
  • Spanish: cretino — unlikable person
  • Spanish: imbécil — unlikable person
  • Spanish: culeado — unlikable person
  • Spanish: tipejo — unlikable person
  • Spanish: soplagaitas — unlikable person
  • Spanish: cabrón — unlikable person
  • Swedish: tölp — unlikable person
  • Swedish: idiot — unlikable person
  • Tagalog: gago — unlikable person
  • Turkish: aşağılık kimse — unlikable person
  • Turkish: pislik — unlikable person
  • Urdu: چنڈال — unlikable person
  • Belarusian: рывок (ryvók) — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Catalan: sobreacceleració — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加加速度 (jiājiāsùdù) — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Chinese Mandarin: 急動度 /急动度 (jídòngdù) — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Czech: ryv — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Finnish: nykäys — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Finnish: kiihtyvyyden muutos — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • French: suraccélération — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • German: Ruck — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Indonesian: sentakan — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Indonesian: perubahan percepatan — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Japanese: 躍度 (yakudo) — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Japanese: 加加速度 (kakasokudo) — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Korean: 가가속도 (gagasokdo) — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Malay: sentakan — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Polish: zryw — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Russian: рыво́к (ryvók) — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Spanish: tirón — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Turkish: ani hareket — physics: rate of change in acceleration
  • Bulgarian: изтласкване (iztlaskvane) — weightlifting: type of lift
  • Czech: nadhoz — weightlifting: type of lift
  • Japanese: ジャーク (jāku) — weightlifting: type of lift
  • Korean: 저크 (jeokeu) — weightlifting: type of lift
  • Arabic: يرتعش — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Bulgarian: трепвам (trepvam) — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Bulgarian: дръпвам се (drǎpvam se) — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Finnish: nytkähtää — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Finnish: heilahtaa — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • German: zucken — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Hindi: झटकना (jhaṭaknā) — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Hungarian: ráng — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Portuguese: espasmar — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Russian: вздра́гивать (vzdrágivatʹ) — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Russian: вздро́гнуть (vzdrógnutʹ) — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Russian: дёргаться (djórgatʹsja) — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Russian: дёрнуться (djórnutʹsja) — intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement
  • Arabic: يهز — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Bulgarian: тласкам (tlaskam) — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Bulgarian: друсам (drusam) — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Chinese Mandarin: 抖 (dǒu) — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Finnish: nytkäyttää — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Finnish: heilauttaa — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Finnish: heilahduttaa — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Finnish: tönäistä — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • German: rucken — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Hungarian: rángat — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Māori: whakanou — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Māori: whakanounou — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Māori: pahiwi — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Russian: дёргать (djórgatʹ) — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Russian: дёрнуть (djórnutʹ) — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Russian: рвану́ть (rvanútʹ) — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Spanish: tironear — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Spanish: jalonear — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Zealandic: snokke — transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曬乾 /晒干 (shàigān) — to cure by cutting into strips and drying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風乾 /风干 (fēnggān) — to cure by cutting into strips and drying
  • Finnish: kuivata — to cure by cutting into strips and drying
  • Finnish: valmistaa kuivalihaa — to cure by cutting into strips and drying
  • German: dörren — to cure by cutting into strips and drying
  • Portuguese: charquear — to cure by cutting into strips and drying
  • Quechua: ch'arkiy — to cure by cutting into strips and drying
  • Russian: вя́лить (vjálitʹ) — to cure by cutting into strips and drying
  • Tagalog: lukbain — to cure by cutting into strips and drying