1syllable
jerked
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Definitions ofjerked
1verb
- 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.
1verb
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
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