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Definition of Jerking
1. Adjective. Lacking a steady rhythm. "An arrhythmic heartbeat"
2. Noun. An abrupt spasmodic movement.
Generic synonyms: Motility, Motion, Move, Movement
Derivative terms: Jerk, Jerk, Jerk, Jerk, Jerk, Jerky, Jerk, Jerk, Jolt, Jolty
Definition of Jerking
1. n. The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk.
Definition of Jerking
1. Verb. (present participle of jerk) ¹
2. Noun. A motion that jerks; a jerk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jerking
1. jerk [v] - See also: jerk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerking
Literary usage of Jerking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1859)
"Dr. BOURGADE is of opinion, and we think justly, that the profession have not
paid sufficient attention to interrupted or jerking respiration, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1875)
"Slight drawing in the right back teeth, with violent jerking,2.—Drawing pain in
the hollow ... Violent drawing-jerking in a hollow back tooth,2.— Gums. ..."
3. Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1886)
"of the verse at the end of the line and the sharp recovery at the beginning of
the next will be snares to the reader, who must beware of a jerking style of ..."
4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1852)
"On jerking or Waty Inspiration. By DR. THEOPHILUS THOMPSON, FRS, &c.—[The symptom
here referred to is a modification of the inspiratory sound designated ..."
5. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"thus hurting himself, or mere jerking of the right side and the head ; weakness
of internal recti (Rho'd.); < during full moon. Nux vomica. ..."
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