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To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

One who jerks or moves with a jerk.

A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat. Shak.

The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk. -- Jerk"ing*ly, adv.

The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.

Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.

A jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle.

that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.

A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.

elastic material, worn by soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering. -- Buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward, one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.] Nares. -- Buff stick (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff leather, used in polishing.

ap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.

Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun. Darwin.

To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion. he'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras. From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson. To dangle about or after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset. The Presbyterians, and other fanatics…

Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.

A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn.

A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray.

To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.

ort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure. To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us. Barrow. With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, and flounces in the waves. Addison.…

A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. Knight.