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jostle
English
Etymology
Originally justle (“to have sex with”), formed from Middle English jousten, from the Old French joster (“to joust”), from Latin iuxt? (“next to”), from iung? (“join, connect”), equivalent to joust +? -le.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d??s.?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d??.s?l/
- Rhymes: -?s?l
Verb
jostle (third-person singular simple present jostles, present participle jostling, simple past and past participle jostled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, London: J. Johnson, Part 1, Chapter 13, Section 3, pp. 434-435,[1]
- Besides, various are the paths to power and fame which by accident or choice men pursue, and though they jostle against each other, for men of the same profession are seldom friends, yet there is a much greater number of their fellow-creatures with whom they never clash. But women are very differently situated with respect to each other—for they are all rivals.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening, Chapter 12, p. 214,[2]
- It is not that there are several systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other, or which clash whenever they come in contact, and which move on by the one vanquishing the other. But, on the contrary, each of these economies takes its uninterrupted course, as if there were no other moving within the same space […]
- 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, Volume 1, Chapter 3, pp. 370-371,[3]
- […] when the lord of a Lincolnshire or Shropshire manor appeared in Fleet Street, he was as easily distinguished from the resident population as a Turk or a Lascar. […] Bullies jostled him into the kennel. Hackney coachmen splashed him from head to foot. […]
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, London: J. Johnson, Part 1, Chapter 13, Section 3, pp. 434-435,[1]
- (intransitive) To move through by pushing and shoving.
- 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, Book One, Chapter 3,[4]
- Axia and Amory, acquaintances of an hour, jostled behind a waiter to a table at a point of vantage; there they took seats and watched.
- 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, Book One, Chapter 3,[4]
- (transitive) To be close to or in physical contact with.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, London: John Murray, Chapter 4, p. 114,[5]
- […] the advantages of diversification of structure, with the accompanying differences of habit and constitution, determine that the inhabitants, which thus jostle each other most closely, shall, as a general rule, belong to what we call different genera and orders.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, London: John Murray, Chapter 4, p. 114,[5]
- (intransitive) To contend or vie in order to acquire something.
- 1819, Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, in Tales of My Landlord, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, Third Series, Volume 1, Chapter 1, p. 22,[6]
- Dick, who, in serious earnest, was supposed to have considerable natural talents for his profession, and whose vain and sanguine disposition never permitted him to doubt for a moment of ultimate success, threw himself headlong into the crowd which jostled and struggled for notice and preferment.
- 1917, Rudyard Kipling, “The Children,” poem accompanying the story “The Honours of War” in A Diversity of Creatures, London: Macmillan, pp. 129-130,[7]
- […] Our statecraft, our learning
- Delivered them bound to the Pit and alive to the burning
- Whither they mirthfully hastened as jostling for honour.
- 1819, Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, in Tales of My Landlord, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, Third Series, Volume 1, Chapter 1, p. 22,[6]
- (dated, slang) To pick or attempt to pick pockets.
Translations
See also
- justle
- joust
Noun
jostle (plural jostles)
- The act of jostling someone or something; push, shove.
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, London: J. Cooke, 1765, p. 241,[8]
- I had full hold of her Watch, but giving a great Jostle, as if somebody had thrust me against her, and in the Juncture giving the Watch a fair pull, I found it would not come, so I let it go that Moment, and cried out as if I had been killed, that somebody had trod upon my Foot […]
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, London: J. Cooke, 1765, p. 241,[8]
- The action of a jostling crowd.
- 1865, Harriet Beecher Stowe (under the pseudonym Christopher Crowfield), The Chimney-Corner, Boston: Ticknor & Field, 1868, Chapter 12, p. 291,[9]
- For years to come, the average of lone women will be largely increased; and the demand, always great, for some means by which they many provide for themselves, in the rude jostle of the world, will become more urgent and imperative.
- 1865, Harriet Beecher Stowe (under the pseudonym Christopher Crowfield), The Chimney-Corner, Boston: Ticknor & Field, 1868, Chapter 12, p. 291,[9]
Translations
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jerk
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d????k/
- (US) IPA(key): /d???k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Etymology 1
Probably from Middle English yerk (“sudden motion”) and Middle English yerkid (“tightly pulled”), from Old English ?earc (“ready, active, quick”) and Old English ?earcian (“to ready, prepare”). Compare Old English ?earcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”). Related to yare.
Alternative forms
- yark
Noun
jerk (plural jerks)
- A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
- 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- The black cloth bestrewn with white beads blew up from time to time, laying bare the coffin. The tired bearers walked more slowly, and it advanced with constant jerks, like a boat that pitches with every wave.
- 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!
- (US, slang, derogatory) A dull or stupid person.
- (Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
- I finally fired him, because he was being a real jerk to his customers, even to some of the staff.
- You really are a jerk sometimes.
- (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
- (obsolete) A soda jerk.
- (weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
Usage notes
- Jerk is measured in metres per second cubed (m/s3) in SI units, or in feet per second cubed (ft/s3) in imperial units.
Synonyms
- (sudden movement): jolt, lurch, jump
- (quick tug): yank
- (stupid person): numbskull
- (unlikable person): asshole, bastard, twat, knobhead, tosser, wanker, git, dick; see Thesaurus:jerk.
- (physics, change in acceleration): jolt (British), surge, lurch
Derived terms
- jerkish
- soda jerk
Translations
Verb
jerk (third-person singular simple present jerks, present participle jerking, simple past and past participle jerked)
- (intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 23[1]
- York came to me first, whilst the groom stood at Ginger's head. He drew my head back and fixed the rein so tight that it was almost intolerable; then he went to Ginger, who was impatiently jerking her head up and down against the bit, as was her way now.
- 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 23[1]
- (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- (obsolete) To beat, to hit.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Florio to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
- to jerk a stone
- (usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
- (obsolete) To flout with contempt.
Derived terms
- jerk off
- jerksome
Translations
See also
- acceleration
- displacement
- velocity
- jounce
Etymology 2
From American Spanish charquear, from charqui, from Quechua ch'arki.
Noun
jerk (uncountable)
- (Caribbean, Jamaican) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
- (Caribbean, Jamaican) Meat cured by jerking; charqui.
- Jerk chicken is a local favorite.
Related terms
- jerky (noun)
Translations
Verb
jerk (third-person singular simple present jerks, present participle jerking, simple past and past participle jerked)
- To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
Translations
French
Etymology
From English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???k/
Noun
jerk m (plural jerks)
- jerk (dance)
Further reading
- “jerk” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Manx
Verb
jerk (verbal noun jerkal, past participle jerkit)
- to expect
Mutation
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