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JERK
Male
Swedish
Swedish variant form of Scandinavian Erik, JERKER means "ever-ruler."
Boy/Male
Danish, German, Swedish
Island Ruler; Ever Ruler
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Munster)
Irish (Munster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Troighthigh ‘descendant of Troightheach’, a byname meaning ‘foot soldier’.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Troyes in Aude, France. There was also an Anglo-Norman family of this name in Ireland.Americanized form of some like-sounding Jewish surname or an Americanized spelling of Treu.French : habitational name from a place in the Haute-Garonne.Dutch : from a short form of the female personal name Geertrui(de), Dutch form of Gertrude (see Trude).Dutch : from Middle Dutch troye ‘doublet’, ‘jerkin’, possibly a metonymic occupational name for a tailor, or a nickname for someone who wore a striking garment of this kind.
Male
Swedish
Short form of Swedish Jerker, JERK means "ever-ruler."
Boy/Male
German, Swedish
Ever Ruler; Island Ruler
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
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n.
A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose.
v. i.
To move a quick, jerking motion.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Jerk
n.
The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.
v. t.
To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
n.
The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk.
n.
Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillidae. They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name.
v. t.
To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.
v. i.
To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk.
v. t.
To twitch; to jerk.
v. t.
To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
v. t.
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.
n.
A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
v. t.
To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
n.
One who jerks or moves with a jerk.
n.
A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
imp. & p. p.
of Jerk
a.
Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.
v. t.
To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.
n.
A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.