Jerk
Jerk verb - To make a series of small irregular or violent movements.
Usage example: the car jerked with every shift of the gear
How words are described
| complete | complete jerk | complete wave |
| original | original jerk | original wave |
| massive | massive jerk | massive wave |
| big | big jerk | big wave |
| Other adjectives: enormous, huge, little, cold, colossal, bigger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Jerk Face Turn: The chief Ki Attacks: Ranmaru creates an energy wave that disintegrates a demon.
Source: Manga / Tokkô -
Jerk Ass: While he already frequently expresses his support for most of Third-wave Feminist rhetoric, it is his treatment of popular MRA Karen Straughan during an interview that is widely considered as having cemented his status as an ideologue rather than a critic.
Source: Creator / Cenk Uygur -
And realizing that Aina essentially did the same thing to him as she did, his fanatical dedication to his Wave Motion Gun and the carnage he inflicts goes from mere selfish jerk-assery to an act of psychological desperation by a man with some pretty deep-rooted trauma and pain.
Source: Cry for the Devil
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