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Jerk and Acceleration Definitions

Jerk

To give a sudden quick thrust, push, pull, or twist to.

Acceleration

The act of accelerating.

Jerk

To throw or toss with a quick abrupt motion.

Acceleration

The process of being accelerated.

Jerk

To utter abruptly or sharply
Jerked out the answer.
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Acceleration

Abbr. a(Physics) The rate of change of velocity with respect to time.

Jerk

To make and serve (ice-cream sodas, for example) at a soda fountain.

Acceleration

(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
A falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity

Jerk

(Sports) To press (a weight) overhead from shoulder height in a quick motion.

Acceleration

(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
The boosters produce an acceleration of 20 metres per second per second.
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Jerk

To move in sudden abrupt motions; jolt
The train jerked forward.

Acceleration

(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).

Jerk

To make spasmodic motions
My legs jerked from fatigue.

Acceleration

The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.

Jerk

To cut (meat) into long strips and dry in the sun or cure by exposing to smoke.

Acceleration

The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; - opposed to retardation.
A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration.

Jerk

A sudden abrupt motion, such as a yank or twist.

Acceleration

An increase in speed;
Modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change

Jerk

A jolting or lurching motion.

Acceleration

The act of accelerating; increasing the speed

Jerk

(Physiology) A sudden reflexive or spasmodic muscular movement.

Acceleration

(physics) a rate of change of velocity

Jerk

Jerks Involuntary convulsive twitching often resulting from excitement. Often used with the.

Jerk

(Slang) A foolish, rude, or contemptible person.

Jerk

(Sports) A lift in which the weight is heaved overhead from shoulder height with a quick motion.

Jerk

Being or relating to a method of barbecuing meat that has been seasoned and wrapped in leaves of the allspice tree
Jerk chicken.

Jerk

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

Jerk

A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!

Jerk

A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

Jerk

A dull or stupid person.

Jerk

The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

Jerk

(obsolete) A soda jerk.

Jerk

(weightlifting) 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.

Jerk

A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.

Jerk

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.
Jerk chicken is a local favorite.

Jerk

(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

Jerk

(transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

Jerk

To masturbate.

Jerk

(obsolete) To beat, to hit.

Jerk

(obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
To jerk a stone

Jerk

To lift using a jerk.

Jerk

(obsolete) To flout with contempt.

Jerk

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

Jerk

To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, to jerk beef. See Charqui.

Jerk

To beat; to strike.

Jerk

To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.

Jerk

To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.

Jerk

To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.

Jerk

To flout with contempt.

Jerk

A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
His jade gave him a jerk.

Jerk

A sudden start or spring.
Lobsters . . . swim backwards by jerks or springs.

Jerk

Calisthenic exercises, such as push-ups or deep knee bends; also called physical jerks.

Jerk

A foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person.

Jerk

The lifting of a weight, in a single rapid motion, from shoulder height until the arms are outstretched above the head; distinguished from press in that the motion in a jerk is more rapid, and the body may be moved under the weight to assist completion of the movement; as, a clean and jerk of two hundred pounds.

Jerk

A dull stupid fatuous person

Jerk

An abrupt spasmodic movement

Jerk

(mechanics) the rate of change of velocity

Jerk

A sudden abrupt pull

Jerk

Pull, or move with a sudden movement;
He turned the handle and jerked the door open

Jerk

Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions;
The patient's legs were jerkings

Jerk

Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion;
His face is twitching

Jerk

Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;
The yung filly bucked

Jerk

Throw or toss with a quick motion;
Flick a piece of paper across the table
Jerk his head

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