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<p><b>1.</b> <def>To beat; to strike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Florio.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; <as>as, to <ex>jerk</ex> one with the elbow; to <ex>jerk</ex> a coat off.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; <as>as, to <ex>jerk</ex> a stone</as>.</def>

<h1>Jerk</h1> <Xpage=799>

<hw>Jerk</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To flout with contempt.</def>

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<hw>Jerk</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.</def>

<blockquote>His jade gave him a <b>jerk</b>. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sudden start or spring.</def>

<blockquote>Lobsters . . . swim backwards by <b>jerks</b> or springs. <i>Grew.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Jerker</h1> <Xpage=799>

<hw>Jerk"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A beater.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who jerks or moves with a jerk.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A North American river chub (<spn>Hybopsis biguttatus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Jerkin</h1> <Xpage=799>

<hw>Jer"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of D. <ets>jurk</ets> a frock.]</ety> <def>A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Jerkin</h1> <Xpage=799>

<hw>Jer"kin</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A male gyrfalcon.</def>

<h1>Jerking</h1> <Xpage=799>

<hw>Jerk"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Jerk"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>