jerking
present participle ofjerk
jerk
verb[IorT,usually+ adv/prep]
uk/dʒɜːk/us/dʒɝːk/to make ashortsuddenmovement, or tocausesomeone or something to do this:
Thecarmade astrangenoiseand then jerkedto ahalt.
"What'swrong?" sheasked, jerking herheadup.
to (forceorcausesomeone or something to)suddenlybehavedifferently, usually byunderstandingsomething orbecomingactiveagain:
Theshockoflosinghisjobjerked himout ofhissettledlifestyle.
Making short, sudden movements
- aquiver
- convulse
- convulsion
- convulsive
- cringe
- flick
- jerkiness
- jerky
- jig
- jiggle
- jiggly
- pull away
- quiver
- shrink
- shudder
- squirm
- tremulous
- whip
- worry atsomething
- wriggle
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Phrasal verbs
jerksomeonearound
jerk off
Examplesofjerking
jerking
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Thus, relatively higher sound power is produced during the large longitudinaljerkingmotions of the vortex centroids.
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As parents realize infants are responding to their voices by kicking,jerking, or with coos and gurgles, they begin taking turns with the infants.
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As discussed before, the first term relates to the production of sound through the longitudinaljerkingmotions of the vortex pair.
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The first one is due to thejerkingand accelerating motions of the vortex centroids, which result in an imbalance of the vortex force in the system.
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Jaenson (1979a) recognized three stages: an early stage of active male courtship, a final stage with active male 'jerking', and a long intermediate stage with intermittent female buzzing.
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On the following day the fore legs were rigidly extended, and the hind legs showed rythmic flexor and extensorjerkingmovements, sometimes resembling walking.
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Sometimes an attack will be marked by convulsivejerking, caused by the muscles alternating rapidly between limpness and partial control.
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On 22/11 course jerkings were added to the other symptoms, and the animal ran backwards and tended to fall to the left.
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On recovering from the anæsthetics all the symptoms were in obeyance for some time, but some jerkings of the hind legs returned.
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I will dwell no more on the kneejerking, but that is what we have had today.
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On 23/11, spasticity, tremors and jerkings as before, in the morning, the animal tended to fall forwards, with head down and hindquarters up.
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It is inevitable that, with the jolting andjerkingof these buses when they change direction or stop or start suddenly, standing passengers will be thrown hither and thither.
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A positive result would be thejerkingof the foot towards its plantar surface.
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