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 [jurk-awf, -of]   Origin

jerk-off

   [jurk-awf, -of]
noun Slang: Vulgar.
1.
a stupid, bumbling, foolish, or lazy person; jerk.
2.
an act of masturbating.
Origin:
1965–70; noun use of verb phrase jerk off

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jerk

1   [jurk]
noun
1.
a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement: The train started with a jerk.
2.
a spasmodic, usually involuntary, muscular movement, as the reflex action of pulling the hand away from a flame.
3.
any sudden, quick movement of the body, as in dodging something.
4.
Slang. a contemptibly naive, fatuous, foolish, or inconsequential person.
5.
(in weightlifting) the raising of a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms.
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6.
jerks, British Informal. physical jerks.
7.
a dance, deriving from the twist, in which the dancers alternately thrust out their pelvises and their shoulders.
8.
the jerks, paroxysms or violent spasmodic muscular movements, as resulting from excitement evoked by some religious services.
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verb (used with object)
9.
to pull, twist, move, thrust, or throw with a quick, suddenly arrested motion: She jerked the child by the hand.
10.
to utter in a broken, spasmodic way.
11.
Informal. to prepare, dispense, and serve (sodas, ice cream, etc.) at a soda fountain.
verb (used without object)
12.
to give a jerk or jerks.
13.
to move with a quick, sharp motion; move spasmodically.
14.
to talk in a broken, spasmodic way.
15.
Informal. to work as a soda jerk.
16.
to dance the jerk.
Verb phrase
17.
jerk off, Slang: Vulgar. to masturbate.
Origin:
1540–50; 1935–40 for def. 4; perhaps dialectal variant of yerk to draw stitches tight (shoemaker's term), thus making the shoe ready to wear, Old English gearcian to prepare, make ready

Related forms
jerk·er, noun
jerk·ing·ly, adverb
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World English Dictionary
jerk off or (US) jack off
 
—vb
slang (adverb often reflexive) (of a male) to masturbate
 
usage  This word was formerly considered to be taboo, and it was labelled as such in previous editions of Collins English Dictionary. However, it has now become acceptable in speech, although some older or more conservative people may object to its use
 
jack off or (US) jack off
 
—vb
 
usage  This word was formerly considered to be taboo, and it was labelled as such in previous editions of Collins English Dictionary. However, it has now become acceptable in speech, although some older or more conservative people may object to its use

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Word Origin & History

jerk
1935, "tedious and ineffectual person," Amer.Eng. carnival slang, perhaps from jerkwater town (1878), where a steam locomotive crew had to take on boiler water from a trough or a creek because there was no water tank. This led 1890s to an adj. use of jerk as "inferior, insignificant." Probably also infl.
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by verb jerk off, slang for "perform male masturbation" (first recorded 1916). Jerk off (n.) as an emphatic form of jerk (n.) first attested 1968.
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary

jerk 1 (jûrk)
v. jerked, jerk·ing, jerks
To make spasmodic motions. n.

  1. A sudden reflexive or spasmodic muscular movement. See deep reflex.

  2. jerks Involuntary convulsive twitching often resulting from excitement. Often used with the.

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Slang Dictionary

jerk definition


  1. n.
    a stupid or worthless person. (Now both males and females.) : You are such a classic jerk!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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jerk off definition


  1. in.
    to masturbate. (See also beat off. Usually objectionable.) : That kid spends all his time jerking off.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

jerk off

Also, jack off. Masturbate, as in His roommate was always jerking off. [Vulgar slang; first half of 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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