"clean and jerk" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clean and jerks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} clean and jerk (plural clean and jerks)
  1. (weightlifting) The act of lifting the barbell from the floor to a resting position across the front of the shoulders (the clean phase), pausing, and thrusting the barbell over the head to a stationary position in one movement (the jerk phase). The normal technique for both parts of this act involves propelling the barbell upwards, quickly lowering the torso, and then straightening the legs. Categories (topical): Weightlifting Synonyms: clean-and-jerk [noun] Translations (in weightlifting): հրում (hrum) (Armenian), 挺舉 (Chinese Mandarin), 挺举 (tǐngjǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), työntö (Finnish), épaulé-jeté [masculine] (French), Stoßen [neuter] (German), lökés (Hungarian), hikirua (Maori), podrzut [masculine] (Polish), arremesso [masculine] (Portuguese), толчо́к (tolčók) (Russian), dos tiempos [masculine] (Spanish), stöt (Swedish), silkme (Turkish), по́штовх (póštovx) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-clean_and_jerk-en-noun-2De5SquC Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 71 29 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} clean and jerk
  1. (weightlifting) To lift and manipulate a weight in this fashion. Categories (topical): Weightlifting
    Sense id: en-clean_and_jerk-en-verb-CNGAD2TR Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 55 45 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting

Inflected forms

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