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thunderbolt
English
Etymology
From thunder +? bolt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???nd?(?)?bo?lt/
Noun
thunderbolt (plural thunderbolts)
- A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
- (figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
- the Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war
- Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
- 1627, George Hakewill, Apologie […] of the Power and Providence of God
- a thunder-bolt of warre Striking all Nations
- 1627, George Hakewill, Apologie […] of the Power and Providence of God
- (soccer) A very powerful shot.
- (paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
- (heraldry) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
- A daring or irresistible hero.
Derived terms
- thunderbolt beetle
Translations
See also
- thunderclap
- thunderstroke
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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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