jerk
Because it is a word with a single syllable, jerk is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofjerk
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
- A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
Example: "When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!"
- A dull or stupid person.
- A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable.
Example: "I finally fired him, because he was being a real jerk to his customers, even to some of the staff."
- The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- A soda jerk.
- A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
- To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
- To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- To masturbate.
- To beat, to hit.
- To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
Example: "to jerk a stone"
- (usually transitive) To lift using a jerk.
- To flout with contempt.
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