jerk v.2
1. to copulate; thus jerking.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Shoemakers’ Holiday IV i: In faith I would haue yearkt and firkt your Priscilla. | |
| ‘Tom Nash his Ghost’ in Works of T. Nashe I (1883–4) lxix: I am a Ghost, and Ghosts doe feare no Lawes [...] I had a yerking, firking, jerking veine. | |
| Newes from the New Exchange 6: Dr Smell-Smock [...] who jerks her both behind and before. | |
| Rump IV i: As for the Rump, I smell ’tis stale already, and must be pepper’d when thy Lord returns; dost think Wench it shall be a fitting place then, no I warrant thee, he that jerkt it when he came out of the West, will do the like, when he comes out of the North. | |
| ‘Assembly at Kensington’ Harleian Mss. 7315266v: [They are] like their Grand Mamma Kirk Who in her young days was swingingly Jirkt. | |
| ‘Loving Mistress’ Pepys Ballads (1987) III 164: Wanton Will ... a brisk young Lad, he’d jerk us till he made us mad. | |
| Bumography 50: There’s Health and Life in Tunbridge-Wells [...] The Tails of Rakes and Beau I’m here to Touch And if I fetch the blood they must not grutch, For han’t the Ladys Tails bin Jerk’d as much? | |
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | ‘The Cooper o’ Dundee’ Merry Muses of Caledonia (1965) 134: He jerk her sae hard that she sprung an end-hoopin’. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘A French Crisis’ Facetiae Americana 19: She’d ‘Come the Caster,’ niggle, jerk, and ‘Hear the Nightingale.’. | |
| Underground Dict. (1972) 112: jerk. v. (B.) Have sexual intercourse. |
2. (also yerk) to accost; to beat.
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Eng. Rogue I 59: We have been already jib’d (said one) that is jerkt at the Whipping-post. | |
| Mock Songs 108: There was a Jerking Master / That was of humour muddy, / His Scholars he’d Lerk, / And so fondly Jerk, / Till their breeches were all bloody. | |
| Homer in a nut-shell Dedication: [V]ery few celebrated Pieces have been Putblished by his hopeful Son [...] for which he was not either [...] jerk’d by his Horse-whip, bastinadoed, kick’d, cuff’d, and cudgell’d. | |
 | Eng. Dict. | |
| Tom Cringle’s Log (1834) 260: While the old woman keelhauled me with a poker on one side, he yerked at me on the other, until at length he gave me a regular cross-buttock. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Sydney Sportsman (Surry Hills, NSW) 4 Jan. 8/7: [A] infuriated spinster [...] jerked, a saucepan at hjs head, which bumped him violently on the sound ventilator. |
3. to write or utter.
| cited in DSUE (1984). | |
| Artemus Ward, His Book 97: I don’t ’prove of puttin verses in Proze rittins, tho ef oceashun requires I can Jerk a Poim ekal to any of them Atlantic Munthly fellers. |
4. (US) to take, to snatch.
| Bushrangers 102: Let him alone, or the traps will be here and jerk you off. |
5. (US) to draw a gun or weapon.
| in Butte Record (Oroville, CA) n.p.: One of the ‘bucks’ jerked something from his belt, that glistened in the moonlight, and looked very much like an Arkansas toothpick, and made for a Mick [R]. |
6. (US) to draw beer, soda etc. from a tap.
| Memorie and Rime 20: They stared at me, but went on jerking beer behind the counter. | |
| Barkeep Stories 166: ‘D’ you s’pose a guy dat’s jerkin’ beer fer a livin’ is goin’ t’ lay off fer a week to go huntin’ de booze?’. | |
| ‘The Joy Ride’ in Backblock Ballads 102: An’ Lena Crump who jerks the pump / Down at the Southern Star. | |
| Cecil Beaton’s N.Y. 57: My conception is you oughta be doin’ better’n joikin’ if this is all you can turn out. | |
| Thieves’ Market 208: I got me a job jerking sodas. |
7. to masturbate.
| Dict. of Sl., Jargon and Cant. | |
| Anecdota Americana I 137: I’ve been screwed, sucked, jerked, everything. | |
| Tropic of Cancer (1963) 278: All of them jerking away for dear life in the dormitories as soon as night came on. | |
| ‘Peter Pullin’ Blues’ in Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing (1995) 273: Now just how long have you jerked your fuckin’ dong? | |
![[Can]](/static/img/flags/can.png "Canada") | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1964) 80: She jerks away for dear life every night. | |
| Numbers (1968) 185: He [...] is playing with himself with one hand while he jerks Johnny with the other. | |
| (con. 1970) 13th Valley (1983) 209: Motherfuck. You jerkin yer cock? | |
| Guardian Weekend 5 June 38: Jerking away in the front row, they didn’t think we could see them. | |
| ‘Kristen’ 🌐 I jerked my meat until I shot cum on the bedspread. |
8. (Aus./US) to dismiss, to disqualify, to withdraw; thus the sudden jerk, the ending of an affair.
| Fact’ry ’Ands 249: Er lad name iv Creegan [...] what got ther sudden jerk fer punchin’ ther boss er clinke rin ther whiskers. | |
| Bulletin (Sydney) 23 July 24/1: I own I love the little town of Sydney by the Sea, / But when the month of June comes round the place grows stale to me. / I’ve simply got to jerk my job. A fever fills my breast, / I seem to hear upon the air the Mandate of the West. | |
| ‘jamesie’ in Prince of Darkness 88: ‘Think I better jerk him?’ Bugs was silent, chewing it over. ‘Guess I better leave him in, huh?’. | |
| Show Biz from Vaude to Video 155: The actor in the chair would pretend to die as some sparks shot out from behind him beneath him. But even this was too much for Hemmerstein, and the act was jerked out. |
9. (US) to cheat, to defraud; to mistreat.
| ‘Rappin and Rockin the House’ 🎵 We gave a lot of parties and we got jerked / But that’s all right because we be good sports. | |
| Illus. Hist. of Hip Hop 100: He jerked me out of twenty dollars. | |
| (con. 1985–90) In Search of Respect 80: She helped for nothing — got jerked. | |
| Check the Technique 444: ‘That's one of my favorite tracks [“Rap Promoter”]. It's just about getting jerked [ripped off by promoters] at shows’. |
10. (US campus, also jerk over) of a person, to mess around, to annoy deliberately, to harass; of a situation, to make a mess, to interfere with.
| Close Pursuit (1988) 82: I don’t want a bunch of hairbags [...] fucking things up [...] jerking it over. | |
| Sl. U. 115: jerk/jerk over to treat disrespectfully. | |
| (con. 1985–90) In Search of Respect 89: If I got busted, he knows I wouldn’t jerk him for the bail money. |
11. (US black) to spend freely, to squander.
| et al. A2Z. | |
| Rakim Told Me 224: Of course I jerked all the money and wasted my time and they kicked me out of the Y. |
In compounds
semen, usu. on context of masturbation.
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| http://porntubemovs.net 13 Jan. 🌐 Blonde hair, pony tails, and a tight ass! We got Drew to cum along for the ride after we flashed her some cash. I can't believe I am doing this [...] turns into Fuck me harder you bastard!. Everyone enjoys the finale of jerk jelly all over her. | |
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(US) mentally unbalanced, supposedly from chronic masturbation.
| World’s Toughest Prison 805: jerk-silly – Applied to an inmate who chronically masturbates. | |
| Dead Are Mine 269: Christ! I must be jerk simple to want to go back to action [HDAS]. | |
| The Queens’ Vernacular 158: If each night becomes jack night exclusively, the man is brushed off as being jerk silly. |
In phrases
(US) to hit or punch someone.
| Life in a Putty Knife Factory (1948) 42: Now, git outa here before I jerk a knot in yer tail! | |
| Per/se 1 17: If you ain’t back down in this field in about two seconds, I’m comin up to that privy and jerk a knot in your tail. | |
| Family of Women 11: I will jerk a knot in your tail [...] Your sass will cost you dear. | |
| Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 jerk a knot Definition: give someone a beating. Example: If he don’t step off, I’m fixin to jerk a knot in his ass! | |
| Things Church Girls Don’t Talk About 171: ‘If I were your mama, I’d jerk a knot in your tail!’ And then [...] I lunged in his direction, doubled up my fist and hit him with my best shot. |
1. (US) to treat badly, to tease someone, to mess someone about, as jerk someone around.
| Tales of the Ex-Tanks 349: It was fierce, the way I got jerked around for a farmer that time. | |
| ‘Dream Street Rose’ in Runyon on Broadway (1954) 48: They find her jerking citizens around. | |
| ‘Big Shoulders’ in Runyon on Broadway (1954) 590: Now I know why you are jerking me around. | |
| Essential Lenny Bruce 136: Don jerk me around. | |
| You Flash Bastard 130: I want my lawyer here, now – no more horseshit. I’m not some two-cent hood you can jerk around. | |
| Bonfire of the Vanities 369: You’re gonna get jerked around some more like you did by these two cops. | |
| Fatty 130: [H]e said I was jerking them around and he had to know right there and then. | |
| Tragic Magic 159: They had jerked me around on my parole. I had met all the parole conditions, and I was still in prison. | |
| (con. 1985–90) In Search of Respect 163: What happened was they started jerking me around. | |
| Eddie’s World 93: Don’t jerk me around, brother. | |
| ‘Unconfirmed Reports’ Wire ser. 5 ep. 2 [TV script] Tired of being jerked around. |
2. (US campus) to waste time, to fool around.
| et al. CUSS. | |
| Close Pursuit (1988) 158: Why you wanna go jerking around looking for somebody else? |
see separate entries.
see under bird n.3 (1)
see under gherkin n.
to masturbate.
| Dict. of Invective (1991) 218: Jerk [one’s] jelly, to masturbate. |
to masturbate.
| Guild Dict. Homosexual Terms 30: [...] jerk the mutton. | |
| Maledicta IV:2 (Winter) 192: We also come across specialized terms in the male masturbation phrases such as [...] jerk one’s mutton. | |
| NPDSUE II 1097/1: jerk the turk; jerk your turkey of a male, to masturbate. |
see sense 10 above.
to masturbate someone else, e.g. of a prostitute and her client.
| Homeboy 14: They didn’t just jerk anyone’s joint under the table. |
In exclamations
SE in slang uses
In phrases
(Aus.) to execute by hanging.
| [ | | Sun. Times (Perth) 10 Jan. 4/5: Who will jerk Ah Hook into the hereafter tomorrow morning)]. |
| Bulletin (Sydney) 31 Oct. 12/4: He was assured that there was no hope for him, and that he would be jerked across the Jordan to a dead certainty. Yet he didn’t jerk. |
see under chin music n.
to annoy, to distract forcefully, to taunt.
| Palmetto Co. 191: ‘Who jerked your chain?’ he asked unconcernedly. ‘I guess I got the jitters,’ she replied. | |
| Friends of Eddie Coyle 129: Hey Dave [...] don’t jerk my chain, okay? | |
| Eight Million Ways to Die 156: [used reflexively] ‘And my trouble is I'm starting to believe there's a case here, with a killer at the end of a rainbow. I got a desk full of shit I haven't got time for and you've got me pulling my chain with this one’. | |
| A-Team 2 (1984) 75: You’ve been jerking my chain for two days now [...] What is it you’re after, huh? | |
| Rivethead (1992) 130: We were being sent home at 10.00. We all stood at our jobs wonderin’ if our chains were bein’ jerked. | |
| Clockers 212: I think someone’s jerking your bird over there. | |
| Robbers (2001) 5: Edie frowned, not believing it [...] Man, you jerkin my chain. | |
| All the Colours 159: ‘Here’s this guy from Glasgow telling us what’s what [...] It jerked people’s chain’. | |
| (con. 1973) Johnny Porno 54: I smacked you, lightly, because you’re jerkin my chain, Billy. | |
| Widespread Panic 85: Lana — she’s just jerking your chain. |
(US campus) to make a fool of.
| Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 15 May 4/3: Yale College Slang [...] They were trying to sew me up [...] and I wasn’t going to get my leg jerked, so I cut the game. |
to vomit.
| Two Maids of More-clacke (1880) 70: Ile tutch [...] their tongues tippes, ie baste their bellies and their lippes till we haue ierk’t the cat with our three whippes . |
to ring a bell.
| Oliver Twist (1966) 155: ‘Jerk the tinkler.’ These words, in plain English, conveyed an injunction to ring the bell. | |
| Memoirs of Madame Chester of Manchester 34: ‘Now, then, Sam [...] drop down and jerk the tinkler;’ whereupon Sam alighted and gave a violent pull at the bell. | |
| Belgravia 43 11: Permit me to jerk the tinkler, and the slavey will show you the way out. |
(US) to execute by hanging; note attrib. use in cit. 1946.
| Eaton Democrat (OH) 2 Dec. 2/1: The Chicago Times has a headline, ‘Jerked to Jesus,’ in its account of the several hangings of last week. Oh! that wicked city! | |
| Tombstne Wkly Epitaph (AZ) 4 Mar. 3/2: Two murderers [...] will be ‘jerked to Jesus‘ next month. | |
| Sl. and Its Analogues. | |
| [ | | Nat. Police Gaz. (NY) 9 Nov. 2/4: As Berrier was about to be jerked skyward a drummer [...] asked to be allowed to pray with the prisoner]. |
| Truth (Sydney) 3 Feb. 5/6: There was not a hitch in the proceedings — except, of course, the hitch behind the ear of the desperado who had just been jerked to Jericho. | |
| Irish Standard (Minneapolis) 13 Mar. 1/6: [He] may be imprisoned like a common criminal or jerked to Jesus by the common hangman. | |
| Blue-Grass Blade (KY) 27 Mar. 2/4: [headline] another christian jerked to jesus [...] The trap was sprung at 5:58. | |
| DN V 227: Many readers may remember when the pages of the daily papers headlined a hanging as ‘Jerked to Jesus.’. | |
| Mrs Astor’s Horse 29: Assisting in the hanging of De Boe was a curious and charming character, Phil Hanna, who is to the Jerking-to-Jesus racket what the Mayo brothers are to American surgery. | |
| ‘American Euphemisms for Dying’ in AS XI:3 200: Jerk to Jesus. | |
| Nightmare Alley (1947) 87: I heard the kid go into that jerk-’em-to-Jesus routine. |
1. (US) to arrest.
| in Spirit of the Times (N.Y.) 22 July 241: The Commissioners ‘made no bones’ about jerking us up. | |
| Forty Modern Fables 228: If any Stranger began to act New along Main Street, he was Jerked Up in less than no time. | |
| Rose in the Ring 122: The cops [...] jerk up a circus man on the slightest excuse [DA]. |
2. (US) to reprimand.
| ‘Last of the Troubadors’ in Complete Works (1953) VII 798: You want to jerk Bradshaw up about them last hams he sent us. | |
| Animal Factory 51: For a moment he thought of asking Ponchie . . . to jerk up Psycho MIke. |
3. (US) to impose upon, to mess someone around.
| & A.K.A. Narc 198: [Don’t] try to jerk them up and make them wait to be paid. |