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Jerk (physics), an aspect of variable motion; Half of the clean and jerk, an Olympic weightlifting lift; Jerk (cooking), a style of cooking native to Jamaica; Jerk (dance), a 1960s fad dance; Jerkin', a dance
Jerk (also known as Jolt) is the rate of change of an object's acceleration over time. It is a vector quantity (having both magnitude and direction). Jerk is most commonly denoted by the symbol j and expressed in m/s 3 ( SI units ) or standard gravities per second ( g 0 /s).
Jagoff or jag-off is an American English derogatory slang term from Pittsburghese meaning a person who is a jerk, stupid or inept. [1] It is most prominent in the Pittsburgh area and Pennsylvania in general, along with wide use in Chicago, particularly in the Irish taverns.
A soda jerk is someone who makes a living by jerking, or pulling, sodas at a lunch counter, the name coming from the jerking motion required to open a tap. To jerk off is to masturbate, again coming from the motion required for men to engage in this activity. Founded by a Mr. Jerk Gosling in 1623.
The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).
Jerkin' or Jerk is a street dance culture and hip hop subgenre originating in urban California in the late 2000s. It gained mainstream popularity outside of California by Inland Empire -based groups New Boyz and Audio Push , [ 1 ] and has origins in the Los Angeles metropolitan area . [ 2 ]
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