To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body. / A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement. / (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake. / (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate. / (obsolete) To beat, to hit.

(Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade. / (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat cured by jerking; charqui.

simple past tense and past participle of jerk

(slang, vulgar) Of a male: to masturbate.

simple past tense and past participle of jerk it

present participle of jerk

A motion that jerks; a jerk.

plural of jerk