Definition of Jerked

1. Verb. (past of jerk) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jerked

1. jerk [v] - See also: jerk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerked

jerk-offs
jerk-water
jerk-waters
jerk around
jerk finger
jerk offs
jerk water
jerkdom
jerked (current term)
jerked meat
jerked off
jerker
jerkers
jerkess
jerkesses
jerkface
jerkfaces
jerkhood
jerkier
jerkies
jerkiest
jerkily
jerkin

Literary usage of Jerked

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"56.827 tons; of jerked Iwf. 19.164 tons; of wool. ... The exportation of jerked beef to Spanish-American countries has dwindled with the rise of the trade ..."

2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"at his tormentors with furious eyes each time they prodded him, and jerked his head to escape when the straws were already in his ears. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... or the breech block itself, in sliding systems, suddenly comes in contact with it; the long arm is thus jerked backwards and extracts the case. ..."

4. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1912)
"brackish water, he felt surging within him, when he was seized by an arm and jerked into the leviathan-like canoe, where he alighted with a painfully ..."

5. Around & about South America: Apéndice al folleto los treinta y tres by Luis Melián Lafinur, Frank Vincent (1897)
"The provisions for my friends and myself are in tins and bottles, and for the men a quantity of jerked beef, mandioc. and biscuit is provided. ..."

6. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
""Please," he said, as Alan seized him by the hair, jerked his head back, and swiftly brought the knife across his throat. Benny took his knife, ..."

7. The Paraná: With Incidents of the Paraguayan War, and South American by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1868)
"Argentine Beef Supply versus Rinderpest — Ch'arqui, or jerked Beef — Dr. Morgan's New Process for the Preservation of Meat for Food — Its Advantages over ..."

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