Jerk is valid Scrabble Word

Is jerk a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
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Words with Friends YES

4 letters word
15 points in Scrabble
17 points in WWF

Definitions for JERK in dictionary:

VERB:

to move spasmodically
move or cause to move with a jerk
raise (a weight) from shoulder level to above the head.
cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it (originally in the sun).
prepare (pork or chicken) by marinating it in spices and barbecuing it over a wood fire
move or throw abruptly
To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
To beat; to strike.
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.
To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.

To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.
To flout with contempt.
pull, or move with a sudden movement
move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
throw or toss with a quick motion

NOUN:

a quick, sharp, sudden movement
a spasmodic muscular twitch.
the raising of a barbell above the head from shoulder level by an abrupt straightening of the arms and legs, typically as the second part of a clean and jerk.
a contemptibly foolish person.
jerked meat
A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
A sudden start or spring.
a dull stupid fatuous person
an abrupt spasmodic movement
(mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms
a sudden abrupt pull
sharp or abruptly stopped movement

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to move with a sharp, sudden motion

Words related to JERK

jerked18 jerker17 jerkers18 jerking19 jerkingly24 jerkings20 jerks16

How to use JERK in a sentence

He drew his horse up before the porch with a jerk and threw himself from the saddle.
He was lifted high in the air and, as Jack gave a jerk and then released his hold, the man went sailing through the air and dropped into the sea with a loud splash.
He dug his fingers into it, until the feel of something like a bone made him jerk them out.
Dinner was just over, and at the ends of the long tables the mess-waiters stood ready to draw, with a single jerk, the strips of white tablecloth from the shining mahogany.
Then hesitated, and raised his hat with a jerk as if to Mrs.
That was my shell! I watched the men as they placed it and saw it disappear with a jerk.
I seized him by the collar before he could recover himself from the pass he had made at me, and with a jerk and a kind of twist, laid him under the hind wheel of his chariot.
Her needles went with a rapid jerk, driven by the vibration of her irritated nerves.
I turned over, gave the clothes an extra jerk, and again sought the land of dreams.
Then, with the so familiar jerk of his head, he put on his hat, smiled, and marched off down the street.

She gave a jerk of her head toward his horse, a movement of contemptuous command, and obeying it he mounted and rode away.
He had attempted to take the bit in his teeth, but with a sharp jerk as he drove the spurs in, Vincent had defeated his intention.
A mouse, however, proved to be the source of the sound, and I pulled myself together with a jerk.
Quietly drawing near one of the lines he gave it a vicious jerk.
A jerk of the head to the corporal, in response to his instant salute, and that young soldier, much relieved, strode away to join his men.
The stop would be twenty minutes, and as the train gave its last jerk Mary jumped on to the platform.
With a jerk he raised Macdonald from the floor just as three or four others rushed him again.
I gave the double rope a sharp jerk, and with a snap the string yielded.
The old woman carefully put down the pails and bowed, with the same backward jerk of her head.
Tillman stood for a moment longer before him, then gave a queer jerk of his head, and turned sharp round on his heel.
He looked at her for an instant and then turned his head away with a jerk, and sent down the last signal.
He knew how easy it was to tear a tree from its roots, to jerk a great tree-limb from its socket.
The broad area of swaying wings seemed to jerk upward.
They will at once jerk the paper with the result that the bottle will turn over.
With a jerk he turned on to his back, his arms slackened, and his gaze drowned in his eyes.
The old couple looked at each other a moment, when the husband turned in his chair, and with a shrug of his shoulders and a jerk of his head, referred the priest to his wife.
The Captain went on again for a few paces, and stopped with a jerk.
I had been carrying most of the jerk, but the stock was running down quite rapidly.
Jerk, jerk, jolt and jump went the train around the mountain curves, till the various hats and wraps suspended from the hooks seemed about to tumble together.
Then came a most tremendous jerk, that almost caused him to lose his balance and the log to quiver, with sickening possibilities.
We immediately encamped, and sent the greater part of the men to cut up the meat and jerk it.

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