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— English words —

• jerk n. A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
• jerk n. A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
• jerk n. (North America, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically…
• jerk n. (US, slang, derogatory) A dull or stupid person.
• jerk n. (Physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
• jerk n. (Obsolete) A soda jerk.
• jerk n. (Weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position…
• jerk v. (Intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
• jerk v. (Transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
• jerk v. (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
• jerk v. (Obsolete) To beat, to hit.
• jerk v. (Obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
• jerk v. (Usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
• jerk v. (Obsolete) To flout with contempt.
• jerk n. (Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
• jerk n. (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices…
• jerk v. To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Alemannic german
  • Jerk prop.n. (Uri) a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English George.
• Lower sorbian
  • jerk n. Roe.
• Manx
  • jerk v. To expect.
• Westrobothnian
  • Jerk prop.n. A male given name from Old Norse.

— English words, defined in German —

• jerk S. Ruck, Zuckung, Erschütterung.
• jerk S. Fiesling, Ego (rücksichtsloser/gemeiner Kerl; geht in die Richtung Arschloch, ist aber weniger hart).
• jerk S. Dummkopf, Idiot.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• jerk bijv. (Kookkunst) (om vlees) gekruid, verpakt in bladeren van de pimentboom en gebarbecued.
• jerk n. Stuiptrekking.
• jerk n. Ruk.
• jerk n. (Scheldwoord), (spreektaal) gek, oen, zot.
• jerk w. Onovergankelijk lillen, stuiptrekken.
• jerk w. Overgankelijk vlees kruiden, in bladeren van de pimentboom verpakken en barbecueën.

— English words, defined in French —

• jerk n. Sursaut, saccade ; mouvement soudain et inélégant.
• jerk n. (Argot) Personne têtue ou désagréable (crétin, con, connard).
• jerk n. (Danse) Jerk (danse).
• jerk n. (Mécanique) Jerk (grandeur vectorielle en mécanique).
• jerk v. (États-Unis) (Vulgaire) Se masturber.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• jerk v. Azotar, tundir.
• jerk v. Arrojar, tirar.
• jerk v. Tirar, jalar, sacudir.
• jerk v. Temblar, moverse espasmódicamente.
• jerk v. Masturbarse.
• jerk s. Tic, espasmo.
• jerk s. Sacudida, tirón.
• jerk s. En Física, Cambio de la aceleración con respecto al tiempo.
• jerk s. Imbécil, gilipollas.
• jerk v. Curar, salar (carne para consumo).
• jerk s. Charqui.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• jerk s. Espasmo.
• jerk s. Puxão, solavanco.
• jerk s. Tique nervoso; sestro.
• jerk s. Cretino, idiota.
• jerk s. (Física) variação da aceleração em função do tempo.
• jerk s. (Fisiculturismo⚠) levantamento de peso acima da cabeça, partindo da altura dos ombros, por meio da extensão…
• jerk v. Ter um espasmo.
• jerk v. Dar um puxão.
• jerk v. (Reino Unido, vulgar⚠) masturbar-se.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• jerk s. Sobbalzo, scossa.
• jerk s. (US) (slang) idiota, stronzo, persona fastidiosa.

— In French —

• jerk n.m. Danse populaire vers la fin des années 1960, début 1970.
• jerk n.m. (Mécanique) Grandeur vectorielle permettant de représenter…

102 English words from 21 English definitions

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33 English words from 38 foreign definitions

Argot Cambio Charqui con Dar début des die dos Dummkopf Ego fin grandeur hart Idiot idiota ist Jerk Kerl para persona peso Ruck saccade slang tempo Ter Tic Unis van vers vulgar zot

99 foreign words from 38 foreign definitions

aber aceleração aceleración acima altura années Arrojar Arschloch Azotar barbecueën bladeren cabeça carne connard consumo crétin Cretino Curar danse de␣la désagréable Erschütterung espasmo États États-Unis extensão fastidiosa Fiesling Física Fisiculturismo função geht gek gekruid gemeiner gilipollas grandeur␣vectorielle Imbécil inélégant jalar Kookkunst kruiden levantamento lillen masturbar Masturbarse masturber mécanique meio mouvement moverse nervoso oen ombros Onovergankelijk Overgankelijk permettant Personne pimentboom populaire por puxão Reino Reino␣Unido représenter respecto Richtung rücksichtsloser Ruk Sacudida sacudir salar Scheldwoord scossa Se␣masturber sestro Sobbalzo solavanco soudain spreektaal stronzo stuiptrekken Stuiptrekking Sursaut Temblar têtue tiempo Tique tirar tirón tundir Unido variação vectorielle verpakken verpakt vlees Vulgaire weniger

84 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

jerko jerks jerky jerked jerker jerkin jerk␣it jerkos jerkum jerkass jerk-ass jerk␣ass jerkdar jerkdom jerkers jerkery jerkess jerkied jerkier jerkies jerkily jerking jerkins jerkish jerkoff jerk-off jerk␣off jerks␣it jerkwad jerked␣it jerkface jerkhole jerkhood jerkiest jerkined jerkinet jerkings jerkless jerklike jerkness jerkoffs jerk-offs jerk␣offs jerks␣off jerksome jerkwads jerkweed jerkying jerkasses jerk-asses jerk␣asses +33 words

49 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Bjerke Bjerkes rejerks unjerks upjerks Hjerkinn rejerked unjerked beef␣jerky kneejerks knee-jerks knee␣jerks knee-jerky megajerks rejerking soda␣jerks unjerking herky-jerky soda␣jerker tearjerker tear-jerker tear␣jerker beef␣jerkies circlejerks circle-jerks circle␣jerks hypnic␣jerks knee-jerkery knee-jerkish soda␣jerkers tearjerkers tear-jerkers tear␣jerkers tearjerking tear-jerking circlejerked circle␣jerked circle␣jerker circle␣jerkers circlejerking circle␣jerking clean␣and␣jerks congressjerks knee-jerkishly tearjerkingly hypnagogic␣jerks Herkimer␣Jerkimer Herkimer␣Jerkimers Tytsjerksteradiel

15 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

rejerk unjerk upjerk kneejerk knee-jerk knee␣jerk megajerk soda␣jerk circlejerk circle-jerk circle␣jerk hypnic␣jerk clean␣and␣jerk congressjerk hypnagogic␣jerk

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

erk jer Jer Jer.

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

jerko jerks jerky joker Joker Jurek Rojek

11 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

EJK erk jer Jer Jer. JRE Ker ker- kje KJE RKE

14 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

berk Berk ferk jark Jeri jers jery merk Merk nerk perk werk yerk zerk

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

erk jer Jer Jer.

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