Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to jerk
Participle: jerked
Gerund: jerking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | jerk |
| you | jerk |
| he;she;it | jerks |
| we | jerk |
| you | jerk |
| they | jerk |
Perfect
| I | have jerked |
| you | have jerked |
| he;she;it | has jerked |
| we | have jerked |
| you | have jerked |
| they | have jerked |
Past
| I | jerked |
| you | jerked |
| he;she;it | jerked |
| we | jerked |
| you | jerked |
| they | jerked |
Pluperfect
| I | had jerked |
| you | had jerked |
| he;she;it | had jerked |
| we | had jerked |
| you | had jerked |
| they | had jerked |
Future
| I | will jerk |
| you | will jerk |
| he;she;it | will jerk |
| we | will jerk |
| you | will jerk |
| they | will jerk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have jerked |
| you | will have jerked |
| he;she;it | will have jerked |
| we | will have jerked |
| you | will have jerked |
| they | will have jerked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | jerk |
| you | jerk |
| he;she;it | jerk |
| we | jerk |
| you | jerk |
| they | jerk |
Perfect
| I | have jerked |
| you | have jerked |
| he;she;it | have jerked |
| we | have jerked |
| you | have jerked |
| they | have jerked |
Imperfect
| I | jerked |
| you | jerked |
| he;she;it | jerked |
| we | jerked |
| you | jerked |
| they | jerked |
Pluperfect
| I | had jerked |
| you | had jerked |
| he;she;it | had jerked |
| we | had jerked |
| you | had jerked |
| they | had jerked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would jerk |
| you | would jerk |
| he;she;it | would jerk |
| we | would jerk |
| you | would jerk |
| they | would jerk |
Perfect
| I | would have jerked |
| you | would have jerked |
| he;she;it | would have jerked |
| we | would have jerked |
| you | would have jerked |
| they | would have jerked |
Imperative
| you | jerk |
| we | Let's jerk |
| you | jerk |
Verbs conjugated like 'jerk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'jerk'
ferk,
jark,
jerky,
merk,
perk,
yerk,
bark,
beak,
beck,
belk,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1550, "to lash, strike as with a whip," of uncertain origin, perhaps echoic. Noun sense of "sudden sharp pull or twist" first recorded 1575. Meaning "involuntary spasmodic movement of limbs or features" first recorded 1805. As the name of a popular dance, it is attested from 1966. Sense in
soda jerk attested from 1883, from the pulling motion required to work the taps.
2. Probably from Middle English yerk (“sudden motion”) and Middle English yerkid (“tightly pulled”), from Old English ġearc (“ready, active, quick”) and Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”). Cognate with Scots yerk (“to jerk”). Related also to English yare (“ready”).
Verbs referencing "jerk"
Irish
siorc.
Sample Sentences
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Philadelphia is most bountifully provided with fresh water, which is showered and jerked about, and turned on, and poured off, everywhere. The Waterworks, which are on a height near the city, are no less ornamental than useful, being tastefully laid out as a public garden, and kept in [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] near. He had all his life been restless and locomotive, with an irresistible desire for change; and was still the son of his old self: for if he had nothing to keep him at home, he said (slightly jerking his hat and his thumb towards the window of the room in which the old lady sat, as we stood talking in front of the house ), he would clean up his musket, and be off to Texas to-morrow morning. He [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)