Jerks Synonyms and Antonyms

Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. twitches
  2. jolts
  3. dances
  4. jiggles
  5. wiggles
  6. shivers
  7. quivers
  8. quakes
  9. bumps
  10. wriggles
*A contemptible person
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chumps
  2. poops
  3. pills
  4. drips
  5. rats
  6. bores
  7. brutes
  8. nerds
An abrupt spasmodic movement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. yanks
  2. jolts
  3. wrenches
  4. twitches
  5. snaps
  6. jumps
  7. lurches
  8. flicks
  9. quivers
One deficient in judgment and good sense
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. turkeys
  2. shmoes
  3. goofs
  4. dips
  5. gooses
  6. dopes
  7. ninnies
  8. fools
  9. -asses
  10. schmucks
  11. nerds
  12. cretins
  13. simpletons
  14. simples
  15. nitwits
  16. nincompoops
  17. morons
  18. jackasses
  19. imbeciles
  20. idiots
Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hitches
  2. bucks
Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. twitches

Words Related to Jerks

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Jerks Sentence Examples

  • I've got too much going for me right now to be thinking about those jerks.

  • They mention that it is never done suddenly or by jerks, as the valves are at first always pushed to one side several times and back again on each other, at the same time opening gradually in the transverse direction till they rest opposite to one another and widely apart.

  • They were so nasty when he told them about me we both found it simpler to ignore the jerks.

  • Though phrases and even sentences from many classical authors are inwoven here and there, the narrative flows easily, with no trace of the jolts and jerks which offend us in almost every line of an imitator of the classics like Sidonius.

  • It is, however, certain that the Foucault siderostat is not capable, in practice, of maintaining the reflected image in a constant direction with perfect uniformity on account of the sliding action on the arm that regulates the motion of the mirror; such an action must, more or less, take place by jerks.

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