[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jerk \jerk\, n.
   1913 webster
   1. a short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake,
      or similar motion.
      1913 webster

            his jade gave him a jerk.             --b. jonson.
      1913 webster

   2. a sudden start or spring.
      1913 webster

            lobsters . . . swim backwards by jerks or springs.
                                                  --grew.
      1913 webster

   3. a foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person.
      slang

   syn: jerkoff.
        pjc

   4. sport the lifting of a weight, in a single rapid motion,
      from shoulder height until the arms are outstretched above
      the head; distinguished from press in that the motion in
      a jerk is more rapid, and the body may be moved under the
      weight to assist completion of the movement; as, a clean
      and jerk of two hundred pounds.
      pjc

   2. calisthenic exercises, such as push-ups or deep knee
      bends; also called physical jerks. british
      pjc
see also:
press physical jerks 

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