'Jerking' definitions:
Definition of 'jerking'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Jerking'
From: GCIDE
- Jerk \Jerk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jerked (j[~e]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Jerking.] [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to yard a measure.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To beat; to strike. [Obs.] --Florio. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jerking'
From: GCIDE
- Jerking \Jerk"ing\, n. The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk. -- {Jerk"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'jerking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anhydration,
- blast-freezing,
- bottling,
- brining,
- canning,
- convulsive,
- corning,
- curing,
- dehydration,
- desiccation,
- dry-curing,
- drying,
- eclamptic,
- embalming,
- evaporation,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- fidgety,
- fitful,
- formication,
- freeze-drying,
- freezing,
- fuming,
- irradiation,
- itchiness,
- jerky,
- jiggety,
- jumpy,
- marination,
- mummification,
- orgasmic,
- pickling,
- potting,
- pruritus,
- quick-freezing,
- refrigeration,
- saltatory,
- salting,
- seasoning,
- smoking,
- spasmodic,
- spastic,
- stuffing,
- taxidermy,
- tinning,
- twitchety,
- twitching,
- twitchy,
- vellication,
- vellicative