(slang, military, Britain) To modify (weaponry) to disadvantage; especially, to attach a tracking device to and covertly monitor the location of (a weapon).
Pronunciation spelling of jerk.
jerk
jerk
noun
(Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
(Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
(Caribbean, Jamaica) 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.
(Jamaica) a style of cooking in which the main ingredient—which most often is chicken but may also be beef, pork, goat, boar, seafood, or vegetables—is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; the resulting smoke is key to the flavour of the dish. (Compare jerky.)
(US, slang, derogatory) A dull or stupid person.
(obsolete) A soda jerk.
(physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
(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 quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
verb
(US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
(obsolete) To beat, to hit.
(obsolete) To flout with contempt.
(obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
(transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
(usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
