Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 50 compound words that contain jerk. The most common are listed below. Open jerk in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- knee-jerkUnthinking, not carefully considered, (nearly) automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable.
- clean and jerkThe act of lifting the barbell from the floor to a resting position across the front of the shoulders (the clean phase), pausing, and thrusting the barbell over the head to a stationary position in one movement (the jerk phase). The normal …
- hypnic jerkAn involuntary twitch which occurs just as a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing momentary wakefulness.
- jerk waterTo fill a steam locomotive water tank manually from natural water supplies (a hypothetical process whose use has been discredited).
- Achilles jerkSynonym of Achilles reflex: A reflex response elicited by tapping the Achilles tendon with a reflex hammer.
- forearm jerkSynonym of bras d'honneur (“obscene gesture”).
- hypnagogic jerkA hypnic jerk.
- knee-jerk reactionAn instantaneous reaction made without thought.
- jerk aroundTo cheat or treat unfairly.
- jerk overTo swindle, mislead, annoy or manipulate (someone) to their disadvantage.
- jerk upTo spice (a food) with jerk (Jamaican spice blend).
- jerk-assesplural of jerk-ass: An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
- jerk-watersplural of jerk-water: To fill a steam locomotive water tank manually from natural water supplies (a hypothetical process whose use has been discredited).
- jerk-offsplural of jerk-off: To masturbate by manually stimulating one's own penis.
- jerk one offSynonym of rub one off (“to masturbate”).
- jerk someone's chainAlternative form of yank someone's chain: To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting.
- knee-jerk reactionsplural of knee-jerk reaction: An instantaneous reaction made without thought.
- soda jerkA person who works at a soda fountain.
Compound words 50
- rejerkTo jerk or haul again.
- outjerkTo surpass in being a jerk (“unlikable or obnoxious person”).
- jerkwaterA train on a branch line.
- nerkA stupid or objectionable person.
- jerkassAn obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
- jerksomeIndicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.
- jerkdarThe ability to detect whether or not a person is a jerk.
- jerkleTo move with repeated jerks.
- jerkoA jerk; an obnoxious person.
- jerkwadA jerk; an obnoxious person.