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jerk (verb) jerk/English/verb: invalid uppercase tag General-American not in or uppercase_tags: {"categories": ["English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms borrowed from Spanish", "English terms derived from Middle English", "English terms derived from Old English", "English terms derived from Quechua", "English terms derived from Spanish", "English terms inherited from Middle English", "English terms inherited from Old English", "English terms of address", "English uncountable nouns", "English verbs", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 4 entries", "Pages with entries", "Requests for review of Arabic translations", "Requests for review of Telugu translations", "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)k", "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)k/1 syllable", "Terms with Arabic translations", "Terms with Belarusian translations", "Terms with Bulgarian translations", "Terms with Catalan translations", "Terms with Czech translations", "Terms with Danish translations", "Terms with Dutch translations", "Terms with Esperanto translations", "Terms with Finnish translations", "Terms with French translations", "Terms with Georgian translations", "Terms with German translations", "Terms with Greek translations", "Terms with Hindi translations", "Terms with Hungarian translations", "Terms with Icelandic translations", "Terms with Indonesian translations", "Terms with Interlingua translations", "Terms with Italian translations", "Terms with Japanese translations", "Terms with Korean translations", "Terms with Macedonian translations", "Terms with Malay translations", "Terms with Mandarin translations", "Terms with Maori translations", "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations", "Terms with Polish translations", "Terms with Portuguese translations", "Terms with Quechua translations", "Terms with Russian translations", "Terms with Spanish translations", "Terms with Swedish translations", "Terms with Tagalog translations", "Terms with Telugu translations", "Terms with Turkish translations", "Terms with Urdu translations", "Terms with Welsh translations", "Terms with Zealandic translations", "en:Acceleration", "en:Dances", "en:Masturbation", "en:People", "en:Personality", "en:Physical quantities"], "derived": [{"word": "jerk around"}, {"word": "jerk it"}, {"word": "jerk off"}, {"word": "jerk over"}, {"word": "jerksome"}, {"word": "jerk someone's chain"}, {"word": "jerk the gherkin"}, {"word": "jerk water"}], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [{"args": {"1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "yerk", "4": "", "5": "sudden motion"}, "expansion": "Middle English yerk (“sudden motion”)", "name": "inh"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "yerkid", "t": "tightly pulled"}, "expansion": "Middle English yerkid (“tightly pulled”)", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "ġearc", "4": "", "5": "ready, active, quick"}, "expansion": "Old English ġearc (“ready, active, quick”)", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "ġearcian", "t": "to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply"}, "expansion": "Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”)", "name": "inh"}, {"args": {"1": "sco", "2": "yerk", "t": "to jerk"}, "expansion": "Scots yerk (“to jerk”)", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "yare", "t": "ready"}, "expansion": "English yare (“ready”)", "name": "m+"}], "etymology_text": "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”). 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He drew my head back and fixed the rein so tight that it was almost intolerable; then he went to Ginger, who was impatiently jerking her head up and down against the bit, as was her way now.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To make a sudden uncontrolled movement."], "links": [["sudden", "sudden"], ["uncontrolled", "uncontrolled"], ["movement", "movement"]], "raw_glosses": ["(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement."], "tags": ["intransitive"]}, {"categories": ["English transitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake."], "links": [["quick", "quick"], ["unpleasant", "unpleasant"], ["tug", "tug"], ["shake", "shake"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["American English", "English slang", "English vulgarities"], "glosses": ["To masturbate."], "links": [["masturbate", "masturbate"]], "raw_glosses": ["(US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate."], "synonyms": [{"word": "beat it"}, {"word": "wank"}, {"word": "masturbate"}], "tags": ["US", "slang", "vulgar"]}, {"categories": ["American English", "English internet slang", "English slang", "English terms with usage examples", "English vulgarities"], "examples": [{"bold_text_offsets": [[8, 15]], "text": "This is jerking’s 9/11", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To masturbate.", "To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits."], "links": [["masturbate", "masturbate"], ["Internet", "Internet"], ["slang", "slang"], ["satirize", "satirize"], ["common", "common"], ["circlejerk", "circlejerk"], ["subreddits", "subreddit"]], "raw_glosses": ["(US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.", "(Internet slang) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits."], "synonyms": [{"word": "beat it"}, {"word": "wank"}, {"word": "masturbate"}], "tags": ["Internet", "US", "slang", "vulgar"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with obsolete senses"], "glosses": ["To beat, to hit."], "links": [["beat", "beat"], ["hit", "hit"]], "raw_glosses": ["(obsolete) To beat, to hit."], "synonyms": [{"word": "thump"}, {"word": "strike"}, {"word": "hit"}], "tags": ["obsolete"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with obsolete senses", "English terms with usage examples"], "examples": [{"bold_text_offsets": [[3, 7]], "text": "to jerk a stone", "type": "example"}], "glosses": ["To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand."], "links": [["throw", "throw"]], "raw_glosses": ["(obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand."], "synonyms": [{"word": "fling"}, {"word": "shy"}, {"word": "throw"}], "tags": ["obsolete"]}, {"categories": ["English transitive verbs", "en:Weightlifting"], "glosses": ["To lift using a jerk."], "links": [["weightlifting", "weightlifting"], ["jerk", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk."], "tags": ["transitive", "usually"], "topics": ["hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports", "weightlifting"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with obsolete senses"], "glosses": ["To flout with contempt."], "links": [["flout", "flout"], ["contempt", "contempt"]], "raw_glosses": ["(obsolete) To flout with contempt."], "tags": ["obsolete"]}], "sounds": [{"ipa": "/ˈdʒɜːk/", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"ipa": "/ˈdʒɜɹk/", "tags": ["General-American"]}, {"audio": "en-us-jerk.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/En-us-jerk.ogg/En-us-jerk.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/En-us-jerk.ogg"}, {"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)k"}], "translations": [{"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "word": "يرتعش"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "trepvam", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "word": "трепвам"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "drǎpvam se", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "word": "дръпвам се"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "word": "nytkähtää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "word": "heilahtaa"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "word": "zucken"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "word": "ráng"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "word": "espasmar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "vzdrágivatʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "вздра́гивать"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "vzdrógnutʹ", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "вздро́гнуть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "djórgatʹsja", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "дёргаться"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "djórnutʹsja", "sense": "intransitive: to make a sudden uncontrolled movement", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "дёрнуться"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "يهز"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "tlaskam", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "тласкам"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "drusam", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "друсам"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "dǒu", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "抖"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "nytkäyttää"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "heilauttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "heilahduttaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "tönäistä"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "rucken"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "rángat"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "whakanou"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "whakanounou"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "pahiwi"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "djórgatʹ", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "дёргать"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "djórnutʹ", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "дёрнуть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "rvanútʹ", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "tags": ["perfective"], "word": "рвану́ть"}, {"code": "zea", "lang": "Zealandic", "sense": "transitive: to give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake", "word": "snokke"}], "word": "jerk"}


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