jerk

A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.

(slang, offensive) a person who behaves in a rude, unkind or selfish way

A quick pull on something.

A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.

Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui.

(slang, offensive) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.

A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.

(slang, vulgar) Masturbation.

The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.

(Internet, slang) An act of satirizing behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.

(US, no longer used) Ellipsis of soda jerk.

To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

To lift using a jerk.

(slang, vulgar) To masturbate.

To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

(slang, vulgar) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.

(no longer used) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.

(no longer used) To beat, to hit.

(no longer used) To flout with contempt.