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jerk

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jerk

slang A rude, contemptible, or worthless person. Gosh, Sarah is such a jerk, you know? I asked her to help me out, and she said she just didn't feel like it! Ugh, they gave Tom the promotion? That jerk thinks he's better than everyone else, but he's totally incompetent.
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gerk

verb
See GERK

GERK

and gerk (gɚk)
n. an elderly simpleton; an old nerd. (Acronym. From geriatric and jerk.) A couple of “gerks” sat on the park bench, snoozing.

jerk

n. a stupid or worthless person. (Now both males and females.) You are such a classic jerk!

jerks

n. the delirium tremens. The old guy has the jerks.
See also: jerk
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References in periodicals archive
The company says its ''gourmet'' boast comes from its desire to bring back ''real Jerk'' to the UK using a traditional Caribbean slow-smoke method offering a spicy-sweet flavour and a tender texture.
Police officers in Erdington posted the closure notice onto the yellow shutters of Jerk & Grill this morning.
The extensive menu also has a range of jerk pit barbecue items.
Manila boy John Paolo Rivera, 17, captured three bronzes after lifting 96 kg in the snatch, 123 kg in the clean and jerk and 219 kg in the total lift.
To the pan, stir in the jerk sauce, crumbled stock cube, cream, milk and salt and bring to the boil.
creamy jerk mushrooms LEVI ROOTS enjoys serving up a taste of the tropics at his popular Caribbean Smokehouse Rasta-urant.
Pakistan's young weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt has added yet another feather to his name by winning a clean and jerk Gold medal during the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
KARACHI -- Pakistan's young weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt has added yet another feather to his name by winning a clean and jerk Gold medal during the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
I jerk the trigger, I look at the target, not the sight and my stance is well ...
Jerk chicken was served with a side dish of sweet, pickled cucumber and acidic mango vinaigrette dipping sauce.
Carlo Soriano spearheaded Zamboanga's medal assault in weightlifting with one gold in clean and jerk (121kg) and silver in snatch (95kg.) in men's senior division in the 57.5 kg.
Four-order models contain Jerk (Jerk denotes the rate of the acceleration change) model and its corresponding improved version.
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