Jerk
noun
A quick, sharp sudden movement.
She gave a jerk of her head towards the window.
noun
A foolish or annoying person.
Don't listen to him, he's just a jerk.
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A style of cooking for Caribbean origin that involves the use of spicy marinade.
I ate jerk chicken at the Jamaican restaurant.
Often appears as...
- jerk chicken
- jerk marinade
verb
To move with a quick, sharp motion.
She jerked her hand back in surprise.
noun
A type of lift in weightlifting involving raising a weight from shoulder level to above the head by straightening the arms.
He completed a clean and jerk of 200 pounds.
Often appears as...
- clean and jerk
- jerk press
verb
To treat someone badly without showing any respect.
He jerked me around for the last time.
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A quick, sharp sudden movement.
She gave a jerk of her head towards the window.
noun
A foolish or annoying person.
Don't listen to him, he's just a jerk.
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A style of cooking for Caribbean origin that involves the use of spicy marinade.
I ate jerk chicken at the Jamaican restaurant.
Often appears as...
- jerk chicken
- jerk marinade
verb
To move with a quick, sharp motion.
She jerked her hand back in surprise.
noun
A type of lift in weightlifting involving raising a weight from shoulder level to above the head by straightening the arms.
He completed a clean and jerk of 200 pounds.
Often appears as...
- clean and jerk
- jerk press
verb
To treat someone badly without showing any respect.
He jerked me around for the last time.
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Describes an abrupt involuntary movement, often in reaction to something unexpected.
After the prank, everyone watched his body jerk in shock.
Pro Tip 2/2Unintentional Motion
Used when someone does a sharp movement they didn't mean to do.
He jerked forward when the bus suddenly stopped.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Describes an abrupt involuntary movement, often in reaction to something unexpected.
After the prank, everyone watched his body jerk in shock.
Pro Tip 2/2Unintentional Motion
Used when someone does a sharp movement they didn't mean to do.
He jerked forward when the bus suddenly stopped.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Describes an abrupt involuntary movement, often in reaction to something unexpected.
After the prank, everyone watched his body jerk in shock.
Pro Tip 2/2Unintentional Motion
Used when someone does a sharp movement they didn't mean to do.
He jerked forward when the bus suddenly stopped.
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How to know if it’s time...
All those things are really universally applicable. You'll find jerks no matter what industry you're in; no one's immune to it, everyone's got to figure it out, and you probably know how to do it already. Lastly, when you start your new job, you're going to be nervous. But don't worry, take a deep breath, because this is what I want to tell you're part of a new team now,
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Alone Across the Outback...
a year ago and never got any answer at all. She asked them if they would like, underwrite her trip. And she thought maybe you might know someone there or she could use your name, because she is just so tired of washing windows and waiting on jerks in pubs and..." I said, "She wants to use my name, fine, you know, whatever." And I thought that would be the end of it,
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How to buy happiness PIPE...
red means they're negatively correlated. And you can see, the world is crazily green. So in almost every country in the world where we have this data, people who give money to charity are happier people than people who don't give money to charity. I know you're looking at the red country in the middle. I would be a jerk and not tell you what it is,
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Should you trust your...
inferring stable character traits from a single behavior, like a harsh word or a clumsy step. Using our impressions as guides, we can accurately predict how people are going to behave in the future. Armed with the knowledge the guy from the football game was a jerk the first time you met him, you might expect more of the same down the road.
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Emily Nagoski and Amelia...
to help people deal with the stress response cycle. But just taking the example of a you get out of your car or you get off the bus, and your shoulders are trying to be your earrings, and you're grumpy and cranky and still thinking about the jerk who did I don't know what.
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How to build a company...
Ray I can say with absolute certainty that if you look at the liquidity base in the corporations and the world as a whole, that there's such reduced level of liquidity that you can't return to an era of stagflation." I look at that now, I think, "What an arrogant jerk!"
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Why I can’t remember...
forget your name you just think I'm an idiot or I'm a jerk you don't you don't know that I have this disability I don't carry a I don't have a hearing aid I'm not sitting in a wheelchair and and so you assume the worst and I and dyslexia is
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How to practice safe...
But you're probably not going to be the jerk who says, "Well, I guess you shouldn't have gone skiing then." If we think more about consent, we can see that victims of privacy violations deserve our compassion,
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Mallika Sarabhai: Dance...
and string up your cousin 'cause she's such a jerk. Oh, dear. And as for outsiders, white, black or brown, tar and feather them, and whip them out of town. It's that little gene. It's small and it's mean.
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Inside the bizarre world...
Guys -- contrarian white teens of the world -- if you are being a round earth skeptic and a male privilege skeptic and a racism is bad skeptic, you're not being a skeptic, you're being a jerk.
Video examples
How to know if it’s time...
All those things are really universally applicable. You'll find jerks no matter what industry you're in; no one's immune to it, everyone's got to figure it out, and you probably know how to do it already. Lastly, when you start your new job, you're going to be nervous. But don't worry, take a deep breath, because this is what I want to tell you're part of a new team now,
Video examples
Alone Across the Outback...
a year ago and never got any answer at all. She asked them if they would like, underwrite her trip. And she thought maybe you might know someone there or she could use your name, because she is just so tired of washing windows and waiting on jerks in pubs and..." I said, "She wants to use my name, fine, you know, whatever." And I thought that would be the end of it,
Video examples
How to buy happiness PIPE...
red means they're negatively correlated. And you can see, the world is crazily green. So in almost every country in the world where we have this data, people who give money to charity are happier people than people who don't give money to charity. I know you're looking at the red country in the middle. I would be a jerk and not tell you what it is,
Video examples
Should you trust your...
inferring stable character traits from a single behavior, like a harsh word or a clumsy step. Using our impressions as guides, we can accurately predict how people are going to behave in the future. Armed with the knowledge the guy from the football game was a jerk the first time you met him, you might expect more of the same down the road.
Video examples
Emily Nagoski and Amelia...
to help people deal with the stress response cycle. But just taking the example of a you get out of your car or you get off the bus, and your shoulders are trying to be your earrings, and you're grumpy and cranky and still thinking about the jerk who did I don't know what.
Video examples
How to build a company...
Ray I can say with absolute certainty that if you look at the liquidity base in the corporations and the world as a whole, that there's such reduced level of liquidity that you can't return to an era of stagflation." I look at that now, I think, "What an arrogant jerk!"
Video examples
Why I can’t remember...
forget your name you just think I'm an idiot or I'm a jerk you don't you don't know that I have this disability I don't carry a I don't have a hearing aid I'm not sitting in a wheelchair and and so you assume the worst and I and dyslexia is
Video examples
How to practice safe...
But you're probably not going to be the jerk who says, "Well, I guess you shouldn't have gone skiing then." If we think more about consent, we can see that victims of privacy violations deserve our compassion,
Video examples
Mallika Sarabhai: Dance...
and string up your cousin 'cause she's such a jerk. Oh, dear. And as for outsiders, white, black or brown, tar and feather them, and whip them out of town. It's that little gene. It's small and it's mean.
Video examples
Inside the bizarre world...
Guys -- contrarian white teens of the world -- if you are being a round earth skeptic and a male privilege skeptic and a racism is bad skeptic, you're not being a skeptic, you're being a jerk.
Example 1 of 10
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Joe Haldeman
American Author
Hemingway was a jerk. I mean he was really a great jerk. He was a good writer, and he did all sorts of things that I would never have the courage to do, but I don't think I'd enjoy being in the same room with him. He's not my kind of person.
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Tim Burton
American Director
I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world, and people who play heroes are jerks. It's like people who play villains work out all their problems on screen, and then they're just really wonderful people.
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Ron Livingston
American Actor
There's jerks, and there's villains. Villains, I think, are very aware of who they are and what they're doing and their effect on the world. Jerks tend to think they're great guys.
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Evan Spiegel
American Businessman
We are not advertising ourselves as a secure platform. It's a communication platform. It's not our job to police the world or Snapchat of jerks.
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Ian Dunbar
British Scientist
You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn't be so adored in the slightest.
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Nicolas Cage
Actor
I know what it's like to meet someone you admire and have them be a complete jerk.
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Jeremy London
American Actor
I don't like characters that are left being jerks at the end of the movie.
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Rita Marley
Jamaican Singer
People come from all over the world to sample Jamaican jerk.
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Seann William Scott
American Actor
I don't want to be known as a jerk forever.
Quote examples
Joe Haldeman
American Author
Hemingway was a jerk. I mean he was really a great jerk. He was a good writer, and he did all sorts of things that I would never have the courage to do, but I don't think I'd enjoy being in the same room with him. He's not my kind of person.
Quote examples
Tim Burton
American Director
I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world, and people who play heroes are jerks. It's like people who play villains work out all their problems on screen, and then they're just really wonderful people.
Quote examples
Ron Livingston
American Actor
There's jerks, and there's villains. Villains, I think, are very aware of who they are and what they're doing and their effect on the world. Jerks tend to think they're great guys.
Quote examples
Evan Spiegel
American Businessman
We are not advertising ourselves as a secure platform. It's a communication platform. It's not our job to police the world or Snapchat of jerks.
Quote examples
Ian Dunbar
British Scientist
You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
Quote examples
Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn't be so adored in the slightest.
Quote examples
Nicolas Cage
Actor
I know what it's like to meet someone you admire and have them be a complete jerk.
Quote examples
Jeremy London
American Actor
I don't like characters that are left being jerks at the end of the movie.
Quote examples
Rita Marley
Jamaican Singer
People come from all over the world to sample Jamaican jerk.
Quote examples
Seann William Scott
American Actor
I don't want to be known as a jerk forever.
Example 1 of 10
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