jerk Idioma

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jerk

fool, dipstick, fink Stop acting like a jerk! Stop squeezing mustard on me!

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jerk me around

not be honest with me, jack me around Don't jerk me around. I want to know if you've seen my child.

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jerk off

masturbate, pull your wire """If jerking off is a sin, I know a lot of sinners,"" said the old man."

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Knee-jerk reaction

A knee-jerk reaction is an instant, instinctive response to a situation.

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Knee Jerk Reaction

A quick and automatic response.

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by fits and starts|by fits and jerks|fits|jerks|st

adv. phr. With many stops and starts, a little now and a little more later; not all the time; irregularly. He had worked on the invention by fits and starts for several years. You will never get anywhere if you study just by fits and starts.
Compare: FROM TIME TO TIME, OFF AND ON.

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soda jerk|jerk|jerker|soda|soda jerker

n., informal A person who serves soda and ice cream to customers, usually in a drug store or ice cream parlor. Bob worked as a soda jerk at the drug store all summer. He is just a soda jerker with no future.

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tearjerker

n. A sentimental novel or movie that makes one cry. Love Story, both in its novel form and as a movie, was a famous tearjerker.

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jerk around

jerk around
Take unfair advantage of, manipulate or deceive, as in Leave me alone; quit jerking me around! or He was jerking you around when he said he was home all evening. [Slang; mid-1900s]