Jerk vs. Jump — What's the Difference?

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

To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.

To throw or toss with a quick abrupt motion.

To move suddenly and in one motion

To utter abruptly or sharply

To move involuntarily, as in surprise

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

To parachute from an aircraft.

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

(Informal) To act quickly; hustle

To move in sudden abrupt motions; jolt

To take prompt advantage; respond quickly

To make spasmodic motions

To enter eagerly into an activity; plunge

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

To begin or start. Often used with off

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

To form an opinion or judgment hastily

A jolting or lurching motion.

To make a sudden verbal attack; lash out

(Physiology) A sudden reflexive or spasmodic muscular movement.

To undergo a sudden and pronounced increase

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

To rise suddenly in position or rank

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

To change discontinuously or after a short period

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

To be displaced by a sudden jerk

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

To be displaced vertically or laterally because of improper alignment

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

(Computers) To move from one set of instructions in a program to another out of sequence.

A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

To move over an opponent's playing piece in a board game.

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

To make a jump bid in bridge.

A dull or stupid person.

(Slang) To be lively; bustle

The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

To leap over or across

(obsolete) A soda jerk.

To leap onto

(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.

(Slang) To spring upon in sudden attack; assault or ambush

A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.

To move or start prematurely before

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.

To cause to leap

(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

To cause to increase suddenly

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

To pass over; skip

To masturbate.

To raise in rank or position; promote.

(obsolete) To beat, to hit.

To move a piece over (an opponent's piece) in a board game, often thereby capturing the opponent's piece.

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

To raise (a partner's bid) in bridge by more than is necessary.

To lift using a jerk.

To jump-start (a motor vehicle).

(obsolete) To flout with contempt.

To leave (a course), especially through mishap

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

To leave hastily; skip

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

To leave (an organization, for example) suddenly or in violation of an agreement

To beat; to strike.

To seize or occupy illegally

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.

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.

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

The act of jumping; a leap.

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

The distance covered by a jump

To flout with contempt.

An obstacle or span to be jumped.

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

A structure or course from which a jump is made

A sudden start or spring.

A descent from an aircraft by parachute.

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

(Sports) Any of several track-and-field events in which contestants jump.

A foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person.

An initial competitive advantage; a head start

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.

Energy or quickness

A dull stupid fatuous person

A sudden pronounced rise, as in price or salary.

An abrupt spasmodic movement

An impressive promotion.

(mechanics) the rate of change of velocity

A step or level

A sudden abrupt pull

A sudden or major transition, as from one career or subject to another.

Pull, or move with a sudden movement;

A short trip.

Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions;

One in a series of moves and stopovers, as with a circus or road show.

Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion;

(Games) A move in a board game over an opponent's piece.

Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;

(Computers) A movement from one set of instructions to another.

Throw or toss with a quick motion;

An involuntary nervous movement; a start.

Jumps A condition of nervousness. Often used with the.

A jump-start of a motor vehicle.

Vulgar Slang An act of sexual intercourse.

(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

(intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.

(transitive) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.

(intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.

(intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.

(transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.

(transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.

To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).

(transitive) To cause to jump.

(transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.

(transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.

To increase speed aggressively and without warning.

To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

To join by a buttweld.

To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.

To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.

(obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.

To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.

To flee; to make one's escape.

The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

An effort; an attempt; a venture.

(mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

(architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

An instance of propelling oneself upwards.

An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.

An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.

An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.

A jumping move in a board game.

A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).

An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.

(with on) An early start or an advantage.

(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.

An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.

(science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.

(programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.

(film) jump cut

(theatre) one-night stand

A kind of loose jacket for men.

(obsolete) Exactly; precisely

(obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.

A kind of loose jacket for men.

The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

An effort; an attempt; a venture.

The space traversed by a leap.

A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

A jump-start; as, to get a jump from a passing mmotorist.

To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.

To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.

To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; - followed by with.

To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.

To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.

To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

To join by a butt weld.

To bore with a jumper.

Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.

Exactly; pat.

A sudden and decisive increase;

An abrupt transition;

(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

A sudden involuntary movement;

Descent with a parachute;

The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground;

Move forward by leaps and bounds;

Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm;

Make a sudden physical attack on;

Increase suddenly and significantly;

Be highly noticeable

Enter eagerly into;

Rise in rank or status;

Run off or leave the rails;

Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

Cause to jump or leap;

Start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery

Bypass;

Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another;

Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions