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jerkings

jerkings is the plural of jerking.

Meaning of jerking

Noun

jerking (plural jerkings)

  1. A motion that jerks; a jerk.
    • The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Questions about jerkings

What is jerkings the plural of?
Jerkings is the plural of jerking.

Words near jerkings in the dictionary

  1. jerking one out
  2. jerking over
  3. jerking the gherkin
  4. jerking up
  5. jerkingly
  6. jerkings
  7. jerkinhead
  8. jerkinheads
  9. jerkins
  10. jerkish
  11. jerkishly

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