Charqui vs. Jerk

See jerky2.

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

jerky

To throw or toss with a quick abrupt motion.

Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun.

To utter abruptly or sharply

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

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

To move in sudden abrupt motions; jolt

To make spasmodic motions

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

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

A jolting or lurching motion.

(Physiology) A sudden reflexive or spasmodic muscular movement.

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

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

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

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

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

A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

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

A dull or stupid person.

The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

(obsolete) A soda 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.

A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.

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.

(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

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

To masturbate.

(obsolete) To beat, to hit.

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

To lift using a jerk.

(obsolete) To flout with contempt.

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

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

To beat; to strike.

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.

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

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

To flout with contempt.

A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.

A sudden start or spring.

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

A foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person.

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.

a dull stupid fatuous person

an abrupt spasmodic movement

(mechanics) the rate of change of velocity

a sudden abrupt pull

pull, or move with a sudden movement;

move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions;

make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion;

jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;

throw or toss with a quick motion;