jerking

A motion that jerks; a jerk.

Noun

  1. A motion that jerks; a jerk.
    • The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology). - 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

Forms

jerkings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of jerk

Derived

jerkingly knee-jerking tearjerking

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