jerk
noun
a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement.
jerker
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a word derived from
jerk.
Example Sentences
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Icez, rapper and producer: Everybody wanted to be the best jerker, best producer, best rapper, best dancer of the movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
The Fault in Our Stars is an adaptation of John Green’s best-selling young adult tear jerker novel of the same name.
From Time ● Jun. 3, 2014
A rustic soda jerker keeps his Manhattan-bent sweetheart by purchasing a book on Charm and pursuing its elegant policies in the hometown parlors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Red Skelton is a soda jerker with an allergy for ice cream.
From Time Magazine Archive
He meant to be a surgeon, but hard times hit his father, a Brooklyn dress cutter, and Danny went to work as a soda jerker.
From Time Magazine Archive
