Jerk and Rock

Jerk

Jerk verb - To make a series of small irregular or violent movements.
Usage example: the car jerked with every shift of the gear

Rock and jerk are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rock" instead a verb "Jerk".

Rock

Rock verb - To make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions.
Usage example: the boat was rocking so much that several passengers felt seasick

Jerk and rock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jerk" instead a verb "Rock".

Nearby Words: rocky, rocking, rocked, rocker, rockery

How words are described

old old jerk old rock
original original jerk original rock
loud loud jerk loud rock
real real jerk real rock
Other adjectives: big, enormous, huge, cold.

Common collocations

time jerk time rock time
way jerk way rock way

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / It's Only Rock 'N' Roll Feeling followed Feeling tagged Crossing water Trying to wipe my tracks And there's some little jerk in the FBI A keepin' papers on me six feet high Shout-Out: The Simpsons: In "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" Homer enlists in a rock summer camp lead by various famous rock stars.
  • Comic Book / Scott Pilgrim Jerk Ass: Todd Ingram is very insensitive towards people, claiming that because he is a rock star, he is better than other people.
  • When his rock hero insults his wife, son, and granddaughter all at once, he gives the jerk a guitar to the back of the noggin.
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