Proficiency: GOLD UNIT 9 VOCABULARY 08

8.- jerk

Movimiento, tirón, sacudida

jerk      

    1 jerk   jerks   jerking   jerked  

If you jerk something or someone in a particular direction, or they jerk in a particular direction, they move a short distance very suddenly and quickly.

   Mr Griffin jerked forward in his chair.

   The car jerked to a halt.

   `This is Brady Coyne,' said Sam, jerking his head in my direction.

   Mike kept snatching him up by the collar and jerking him up.

   Eleanor jerked her wrist free.

   Foley raised his chin and jerked his neck as if his collar were too tight.

V-ERG  

    + jerk   jerks  

Also a noun.

   He indicated the bedroom with a jerk of his head.

N-COUNT  

    2 jerk   jerks  

If you call someone a jerk, you are insulting them because you think they are stupid or you do not like them. (INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE)

N-COUNT  disapproval  

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