LekhoriLekhoriA sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The black cloth bestrewn with white beads blew up from time to time, laying bare the coffin. The tired bearers walked more slowly, and it advanced with constant jerks, like a boat that pitches with every wave.
A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
Sunshine ranks high in the island's greates burger debate, while the chicken egg rolls with mango chutney and jerk mayo and fabulous fish tacos elevate pub grub to an art.
To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
York came to me first, whilst the groom stood at Ginger's head. He drew my head back and fixed the rein so tight that it was almost intolerable; then he went to Ginger, who was impatiently jerking her head up and down against the bit, as was her way now.
To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
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, pro...
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To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
Snow stalled him in the timber; his food was all but gone when he managed to kill an antelope and jerk a supply of venison.