Meanings (ES + gloss)
espasmo • estremecimiento • repullo • tic
A 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 c…
A barrel-organ in the street suddenly sprang with a jerk into a jovial tune.
tirón
The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
Phrases
Achilles jerkcircle jerkcircle-jerkcirclejerkclean and jerkcongressjerkforearm jerkhypnagogic jerkhypnic jerkjerk townjerk-waterjerkassjerkdarjerkdomjerkerjerkeryjerkessjerkfacejerkheadjerkholejerkhoodjerkishjerkismjerkitudejerklessjerklikejerkmeterjerknessjerkojerksomejerkwadjerkweedknee jerkknee-jerkmegajerksoda jerktwerkupjerk
Meanings (ES + gloss)
jalonear • tironear
To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
Phrases