資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Jerking \Jerk"ing\, n.
The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk. --
{Jerk"ing*ly}, adv.
Jerk \Jerk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jerked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Jerking}.] [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to yard a measure.]
1. To beat; to strike. [Obs.] --Florio.
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.
3. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the
hand; as, to jerk a stone.
資料來源 : WordNet®
jerking
adj : not having a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat" [syn:
{arrhythmic}, {jerky}, {unsteady}]
n : an abrupt spasmodic movement [syn: {jerk}, {jolt}]