"jerk around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-jerk around.ogg [Australia] Forms: jerks around [present, singular, third-person], jerking around [participle, present], jerked around [participle, past], jerked around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} jerk around (third-person singular simple present jerks around, present participle jerking around, simple past and past participle jerked around)
  1. (informal, transitive) To cheat or treat unfairly. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-jerk_around-en-verb-wbkEcScB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (around) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (around): 85 15
  2. (informal, intransitive) To act foolishly. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-jerk_around-en-verb-QHWT0UBP

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for jerk around meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)

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