jerked

Verb

jerk (third-person singular simple present jerks, present participle jerking, simple past and past participle jerked)

1. (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
   • York came to me first, whilst the groom stood at Ginger's head. He drew my head back and fixed the rein so tight that it was almost intolerable; then he went to Ginger, who was impatiently jerking her head up and down against the bit, as was her way now.[1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 106
2. (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
3. (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.

   Synonyms:

   beat it, wank, abuse, bash one out, bate, beat off, crank one out, fap, frig, goon

   1. (Internet, US, slang, vulgar) To satirize behavior that is, to an extent, common in a community, especially in circlejerk subreddits.
      • This is jerking’s 9/11
4. (obsolete) To beat, to hit.

   Synonyms:

   thump, strike, bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet

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

   Synonyms:

   fling, shy, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck

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