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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jerking \Jerk"ing\, n. The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk. -- {Jerk"ing*ly}, adv From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jerk \Jerk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jerked}; p. pr & vb n. {Jerking}.] [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to yard a measure.] 1. To beat to strike. [Obs.] --Florio. 2. To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push pull or twist, to to yerk; as to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off 3. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as to jerk a stone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: jerking adj : not having a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat" [syn: {arrhythmic}, {jerky}, {unsteady}] n : an abrupt spasmodic movement [syn: {jerk}, {jolt}]
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