jerk

noun, verb38 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.5

An emphatic way to call someone a very stupid or unpleasant person.

Another emphatic way to call someone a very stupid or unpleasant person.

Emphasizes that someone is genuinely a stupid or unpleasant person.

Describes a person lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.

A direct insult for a foolish or annoying person.

Describes a person showing or feeling no concern for others' feelings.

Describes a person who is unpleasantly proud and behaves as if they are more important than other people.

Describes a person preoccupied with oneself and one's affairs.

Describes a person who is annoyingly grand, solemn, or self-important.

Describes a person who has an excessively high opinion of themselves.

Describes a person who is excessively self-centered and considers themselves to be superior to others.

Describes a man who is aggressively proud of his masculinity, often in a way that is considered foolish or annoying.

Describes an unexpected movement.

Describes a sudden and forceful movement.

Describes a fast, brief movement.

Describes a very strong and forceful movement.

Indicates the body part that performs the sudden movement.

To move backwards suddenly.

To pull something or oneself away with a sudden movement.

To move quickly and without warning.

To move upwards suddenly and quickly.

To move as a natural reaction, without thinking.

To move with a quick, forceful action.

To move suddenly and unexpectedly.

To move with great, uncontrolled force.

To move suddenly into a vertical or standing position.

To move with uncontrollable, violent shaking.

To move in sudden, brief, and irregular bursts.

To perform a sudden, quick movement.

To stop moving very suddenly and abruptly.

To stop moving very suddenly and abruptly.

To open something (like a door or drawer) with a sudden, forceful pull.

To wake up suddenly with a quick movement.

Collocations with "jerk"

jerk + ...

... + jerk