Substantiv

1. 1. mişcare bruscă
2. 2. smucitură
3. 3. [pl] spasm
4. 4. zbatere a muşchilor
5. 5. [pl] ticuri nervoase
6. 6. [pl] contracţii nervoase
7. 7. [ea
8. 8. fam] om de nimic
9. 9. derbedeu

Verb intranzitiv

1. 10. a vorbi sacadat
2. 11. ghiont
3. 12. a răpi

Verb tranzitiv

1. 13. a usca la soare [carne
2. 14. piei]
3. 15. a smuci
4. 16. a trage
5. 17. a înghionti
6. 18. a îmbrânci
7. 19. a face să tresară
8. 20. a arunca [cu o mişcare scurtă] o piatră etc

Expresii

1. 21. a jerk with the elbow = lovitură cu cotul
2. 22. to jerk away/out of = a smulge repede din
3. 23. to jerk off = a lua
4. 24. he was jerked off kis feet = a fost răsturnat

Explicatie DEX:

• JERK, a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement: The train started with a jerk.
• JERK, a spasmodic, usually involuntary, muscular movement, as the reflex action of pulling the hand away from a flame.
• JERK, any sudden, quick movement of the body, as in dodging something.
• JERK, Slang. a contemptibly naive, fatuous, foolish, or inconsequential person.
• JERK, (in weightlifting) the raising of a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms.
• JERK, jerks, British Informal. physical jerks.
• JERK, a dance, deriving from the twist, in which the dancers alternately thrust out their pelvises and their shoulders.
• JERK, the jerks, paroxysms or violent spasmodic muscular movements, as resulting from excitement evoked by some religious services.
• JERK, to pull, twist, move, thrust, or throw with a quick, suddenly arrested motion: She jerked the child by the hand.
• JERK, to utter in a broken, spasmodic way.