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
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Jerk as a noun:
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
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Jerk as a noun:
A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
Examples:
"When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk!"
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Jerk as a noun (US, slang, pejorative):
A dull or stupid person.
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Jerk as a noun (US, slang, pejorative):
A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable.
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Jerk as a noun (physics, engineering):
The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
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Jerk as a noun (obsolete):
A soda jerk.
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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.
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Jerk as a verb (intransitive):
To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
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Jerk as a verb (transitive):
To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
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Jerk as a verb (US, slang, vulgar):
To masturbate.
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Jerk as a verb (obsolete):
To beat, to hit.
Examples:
"rfquotek Florio"
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Jerk as a verb (obsolete):
To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
Examples:
"to jerk a stone"
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Jerk as a verb (usually, transitive, weightlifting):
To lift using a jerk.
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Jerk as a verb (obsolete):
To flout with contempt.
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Jerk as a noun (Caribbean):
A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
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Jerk as a noun (Caribbean):
Meat cured by jerking; charqui.
Examples:
"Jerk chicken is a local favorite."
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Jerk as a verb:
To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
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Lurch as a noun:
A sudden or unsteady movement.
Examples:
"the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard"
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Lurch as a verb:
To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
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Lurch as a verb (obsolete):
To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
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Lurch as a noun:
An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
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Lurch as a noun:
A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has been left in the lurch.
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Lurch as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
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Lurch as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To rob.
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Lurch as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To evade by stooping; to lurk.