The difference between Jerk and Lurch

When used as nouns, jerk means a sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body, whereas lurch means a sudden or unsteady movement.

When used as verbs, jerk means to make a sudden uncontrolled movement, whereas lurch means to make such a sudden, unsteady movement.


check bellow for the other definitions of Jerk and Lurch

  1. Jerk as a noun:

    A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.

  2. Jerk as a noun:

    A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

    Examples:

    "When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!"

  3. Jerk as a noun (US, slang, pejorative):

    A dull or stupid person.

  4. Jerk as a noun (US, slang, pejorative):

    A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable.

  5. Jerk as a noun (physics, engineering):

    The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.

  6. Jerk as a noun (obsolete):

    A soda jerk.

  7. Jerk as a noun (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.

  1. Jerk as a verb (intransitive):

    To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.

  2. Jerk as a verb (transitive):

    To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

  3. Jerk as a verb (US, slang, vulgar):

    To masturbate.

  4. Jerk as a verb (obsolete):

    To beat, to hit.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Florio"

  5. Jerk as a verb (obsolete):

    To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.

    Examples:

    "to jerk a stone"

  6. Jerk as a verb (usually, transitive, weightlifting):

    To lift using a jerk.

  7. Jerk as a verb (obsolete):

    To flout with contempt.

  1. Jerk as a noun (Caribbean):

    A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.

  2. Jerk as a noun (Caribbean):

    Meat cured by jerking; charqui.

    Examples:

    "Jerk chicken is a local favorite."

  1. Jerk as a verb:

    To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

  1. Lurch as a noun:

    A sudden or unsteady movement.

    Examples:

    "the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard"

  1. Lurch as a verb:

    To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.

  1. Lurch as a verb (obsolete):

    To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

  1. Lurch as a noun:

    An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.

  2. Lurch as a noun:

    A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has been left in the lurch.

  1. Lurch as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.

  2. Lurch as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To rob.

  3. Lurch as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To evade by stooping; to lurk.