Jerk vs. Pull — What's the Difference?

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

To apply force to (something) so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the source of the force

To throw or toss with a quick abrupt motion.

To remove from a fixed position; extract

To utter abruptly or sharply

To tug at; jerk or tweak

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

To rip or tear; rend

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

To stretch (taffy, for example) repeatedly.

To move in sudden abrupt motions; jolt

To strain (a muscle, for example) injuriously.

To make spasmodic motions

(Informal) To attract; draw

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

(Slang) To draw out (a weapon) in readiness for use

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

(Informal) To remove

A jolting or lurching motion.

(Sports) To hit (a ball) so that it moves in the direction away from the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the left of a right-handed player.

(Physiology) A sudden reflexive or spasmodic muscular movement.

To operate (an oar) in rowing.

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

To transport or propel by rowing.

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

To be rowed by

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

To rein in (a horse) to keep it from winning a race.

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

(Printing) To produce (a print or an impression) from type.

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

To exert force in moving something toward the source of the force

A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

To move in a certain direction or toward a certain goal

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

To gain a position closer to an objective

A dull or stupid person.

To drink or inhale deeply

The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

(Nautical) To row a boat.

(obsolete) A soda jerk.

(Informal) To express or feel great sympathy or empathy

(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.

The act or process of pulling

A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.

Force exerted in pulling or required to overcome resistance in pulling

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.

A sustained effort

(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

Something, such as a knob on a drawer, that is used for pulling.

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

A deep inhalation or draft, as on a cigarette or of a beverage.

To masturbate.

(Slang) A means of gaining special advantage; influence

(obsolete) To beat, to hit.

(Informal) The ability to draw or attract; appeal

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

To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.

To lift using a jerk.

To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.

(obsolete) To flout with contempt.

(transitive) To attract or net; to pull in.

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

To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.

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

(transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.

To beat; to strike.

(transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.

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.

(construction) To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.

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

To do or perform.

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

(with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.

To flout with contempt.

To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.

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

(intransitive) To row.

A sudden start or spring.

To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.

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

To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

A foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person.

(transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).

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.

To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.

A dull stupid fatuous person

(UK) To score a certain number of points in a sport.

An abrupt spasmodic movement

(horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.

(mechanics) the rate of change of velocity

To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.

A sudden abrupt pull

To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)

Pull, or move with a sudden movement;

(UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.

Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions;

(intransitive) To take a swig or mouthful of drink.

Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion;

To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.

Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;

To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).

Throw or toss with a quick motion;

(sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.

An act of pulling applying force toward oneself.

An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.

An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.

Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.

Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest.

Or attraction (e.g. of a movie star).

The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology

A journey made by rowing.

(dated) A contest; a struggle.

Loss or violence suffered.

(colloquial) The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink.

(cricket) A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.

(golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.

A single impression from a handpress.

(printing) A proof sheet.

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.

To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.

To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.

To take or make, as a proof or impression; - hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.

To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.

The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.

A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull.

A pluck; loss or violence suffered.

A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.

The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river.

The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug.

Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull.

A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.

The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you;

The force used in pulling;

Special advantage or influence;

A device used for pulling something;

A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;

A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);

A sustained effort;

Cause to move along the ground by pulling;

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;

Move into a certain direction;

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion;

Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;

Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover;

Steer into a certain direction;

Strain abnormally;

Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense;

Operate when rowing a boat;

Rein in to keep from winning a race;

Tear or be torn violently;

Hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing;

Strip of feathers;

Draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense;

Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for;

Take away;