Definition for Jerk:

• A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.

Synonyms for Jerk:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • jerk.
  •caprice (noun)
  • inconstancy,
  • fitfulness,
  • changeableness,
  • inconstancies,
  • notion,
  • humor,
  • fool notion,
  • thought,
  • fickleness.
  •chuff (noun)
  • vulgarians,
  • vulgarian.
  •dunce (noun)
  • lame brains,
  • lame brain,
  • goof balls.
  •flick (noun)
  • flick.
  •fool (noun)
  • innocents,
  • dumb ox,
  • lamebrain,
  • gooses,
  • sillies,
  • twerps,
  • halfwit,
  • fathead.
  •foolish person (noun)
  • blockhead,
  • dolt,
  • twit,
  • dope,
  • donkey.
  •goon (noun)
  • tough guy,
  • goon,
  • bozo,
  • bozos,
  • Gorillas,
  • gorilla,
  • strong arm,
  • bruisers,
  • bruiser.
  •hitch (noun)
  • hitch.
  •idiot (noun)
  • out lunch,
  • muttonheads.
  •rate of acceleration (noun)
  • rate of acceleration.
  •schlemiel (noun)
  • lunkhead.
  •spasm (noun)
  • out-bursts,
  • out-burst,
  • out bursts,
  • out burst.
  •strain (noun)
  • in juries,
  • in jury,
  • tautnesses,
  • tensities,
  • in-jury.
  •stupid, bumbling person (noun)
  • rascal,
  • oaf,
  • brute.
  •stupid person (noun)
  • ass,
  • sap.
  •tug (noun)
  • tractioning,
  • tractioned.

• n. & v.

  •flip (noun, verb)
  • Flipping,
  • Flipped,
  • flip.
  •wiggle (noun, verb)
  • wiggle.

• v.

  •buck (verb)
  • un-seated,
  • dis-lodge,
  • un-seating,
  • un seated,
  • un seat,
  • with-stands,
  • un seating,
  • dis lodge,
  • duelled,
  • with stand,
  • with stood,
  • un-seat,
  • dis lodging,
  • dis lodged,
  • dis-lodging,
  • dis-lodged,
  • with-standing,
  • with-stand,
  • with stands,
  • dis lodges,
  • un seats,
  • with standing,
  • dis-lodges,
  • un-seats,
  • with-stood.
  •bump (verb)
  • smash in to,
  • smashes into,
  • smashed in to,
  • smashing in to,
  • smashes in to,
  • smashed into,
  • smashing into.
  •draw (verb)
  • ex tract,
  • ex-tracts,
  • winds in,
  • winded in,
  • wound in,
  • ex-tract,
  • winding in.
  •fling (verb)
  • letting fly,
  • letted fly,
  • lets fly.
  •flop (verb)
  • top-pled,
  • top pled.
  •flounce (verb)
  • nancying,
  • nancies,
  • nancied.
  •pluck (verb)
  • pulls at,
  • pulling at,
  • pulled at.
  •pull (verb)
  • tow,
  • haul,
  • grab,
  • drag.
  •recoil (verb)
  • re-coiling,
  • stepped back,
  • re acting,
  • re-coil,
  • with-drew,
  • shied away,
  • steps back,
  • re-acted,
  • with drew,
  • with drawn,
  • re acted,
  • re-acting,
  • resiles,
  • re coiled,
  • with draws,
  • re-coiled,
  • re-coils,
  • with-drawing,
  • Resiling,
  • re coils,
  • stepping back,
  • with-draw,
  • with draw,
  • with-drawn,
  • shies away,
  • with drawing,
  • re coiling,
  • re coil,
  • Resiled,
  • shying away.
  •shake (verb)
  • dis quiets,
  • succussing,
  • dis-quiets,
  • sets motion,
  • commoves,
  • concusses,
  • succussed,
  • Commoved,
  • set motion,
  • dis quieted,
  • succusses,
  • dis-quieting,
  • dis-quiet,
  • dis quiet,
  • dis quieting,
  • dis-quieted.
  •snap (verb)
  • biting at,
  • bites at,
  • bit at.
  •snatch (verb)
  • gat fingers on,
  • spirits away,
  • claps hands on,
  • spiriting away,
  • gets fingers on,
  • makes off with,
  • gotten fingers on,
  • made with,
  • got fingers on,
  • clapping hands on,
  • spirited away,
  • making with,
  • makes with,
  • made off with,
  • clapped hands on,
  • getting fingers on,
  • make with.
  •start (verb)
  • jump gun.
  •thrash (verb)
  • over-whelm,
  • over whelmed,
  • tost turn,
  • tanned one hide,
  • be-labored,
  • toss turn,
  • be-labors,
  • over whelm,
  • tossed turn,
  • be labors,
  • tossing and turn,
  • de-feat,
  • tanned one's hide,
  • be laboring,
  • tan ones hide,
  • tanning hide,
  • tans hide,
  • de feats,
  • over-whelmed,
  • tossed and turn,
  • be-laboring,
  • tans ones hide,
  • tossing turn,
  • tans one's hide,
  • over whelms,
  • be-labor,
  • de feat,
  • over-whelming,
  • tanned ones hide,
  • tanning one hide,
  • de-feats,
  • be labor,
  • tost and turn,
  • tanning one's hide,
  • over-whelms,
  • tans one hide,
  • wrought over,
  • tosses turn,
  • tosses and turn,
  • works over,
  • tan one hide,
  • over whelming,
  • tanning ones hide,
  • be labored.
  •wriggle (verb)
  • extricating oneself,
  • extricates oneself,
  • extricated oneself.
  •writhe (verb)
  • dis-torts,
  • dis-tort,
  • dis torts,
  • dis tort.
  •yank (verb)
  • evulsing,
  • evulses,
  • evulsed.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • boneless,
  • ding-dong,
  • onrush,
  • ninny,
  • tomfool,
  • shiver,
  • cretin,
  • pluck at,
  • meaty,
  • hike up,
  • nerd,
  • wrench,
  • hitch up,
  • contort,
  • dingbat,
  • fidgety,
  • convulsion,
  • bonehead,
  • schmo,
  • dweeb,
  • Skinless,
  • schmuck,
  • philistine,
  • village idiot,
  • tear at,
  • softhead,
  • jellied.
  •
  • spastic,
  • goose,
  • seize,
  • troglodyte,
  • simpleton,
  • twat,
  • glide,
  • contortion,
  • stutter,
  • pinhead,
  • dunce,
  • turkey,
  • flyblown,
  • Mooncalf,
  • shudder.
  •
  • cow,
  • gander,
  • drip,
  • dodge,
  • pill,
  • trundle,
  • flounce,
  • bony.
  •
  • lunge,
  • flounder.
  •
  • bugger,
  • jig,
  • shuffle,
  • jump,
  • swoop,
  • deadhead,
  • lurch.
  •
  • slash,
  • dart.
  •
  • spring,
  • pick,
  • dip,
  • dance.
  •
  • tough,
  • lean,
  • flap.
  •
  • simple.
  •
  • dive.
  •
  • trail.
  •
  • rush.
  •
  • fit.
  •
  • stretch.
  •
  • start.
  •draw
  • evoked,
  • wrenching,
  • siphoned,
  • Trailed,
  • wind in,
  • trawl,
  • siphoning.
  •flounce
  • Strutting,
  • swishing,
  • nancy,
  • sashayed,
  • swishes,
  • Strutted,
  • swished,
  • sashaying,
  • sashay.
  •plop
  • plumps,
  • plumping.
  •pull
  • weed,
  • Spraining,
  • weeds,
  • weeded,
  • taking out,
  • took out,
  • Weeding,
  • pulling.
  •recoil
  • Stickled,
  • turns away,
  • step back,
  • pulled back,
  • resile,
  • react,
  • pulls back,
  • pull back,
  • pulling back,
  • turn away,
  • turned away,
  • shy away,
  • Stickling,
  • stickle,
  • turning away,
  • stickles.
  •snap
  • bite at.
  •thrash
  • Birched,
  • work over,
  • Caned,
  • birch,
  • thresh,
  • tan hide,
  • worked over,
  • tanned hide,
  • caning,
  • Birching,
  • toss and turn,
  • tan one's hide,
  • Trashed,
  • Birches.
  •waggle
  • bobbled,
  • bobbles,
  • bobbling,
  • bobble.
  •wiggle
  • Wormed,
  • Worming,
  • Zigzagging,
  • WORMS,
  • Zigzagged.
  •wriggle
  • extricate oneself,
  • Snaking,
  • Snaked.
  •writhe
  • writhing.

Paraphrases for Jerk:

• Independent

  • Foreign word
    smartass, dumbass, blockhead, asshole, moron.
  • Adjective
    dumbass, dumb-ass, dummy, ass-wipe, asshole.
  • Proper noun, singular
    asshole.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    sucker, dumbass, wanker, swelling, dumb-ass, chump, dummy, twitch, asshole, crap, louse, tremor.
  • Adverb
    sucker, dumbass, asshole, moron.
  • Interjection
    cowards, balls, bastards, sucker, dumbass, chump, shnook.
  • Verb, base form
    dumbass.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    moron.
  • Proper noun, singular
    moron.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    knucklehead, bum, moron.
  • Interjection
    asshole, moron.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    asshole, moron.
  • Verb, base form
    asshole, moron.

Antonyms for Jerk:

• n.

  • stupid, bumbling person
    brain.
  • Other antonyms:
    heroine, idol, push, saint, role model, thrust, shove, lady, angel, hero, gentleman, heave.

• v.

  • move with lurch
    be still, release, let go.

Jerk Sentence Examples:

• There was in general no back to these Chariots, and a sudden jerk of the horses would shoot the rider out behind, unless he knew how to avoid such accidents.

• With a jerk Mrs. McGuire faced about.

Homophones for Jerk:

• gerk, gerke.

Holonyms for Jerk:

• n.

  • act
    clean and jerk, clean.

Hyponym for Jerk:

• n.

  • act
    weightlifting, weightlift.
  • time
    rate.

• v.

  • contact
    pull, draw.
  • motion
    move.