Meanings
nounjerking (plural jerkings)
plural jerkings
- 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
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of jerk
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking a steady rhythm
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