Jerk vs. Acceleration
Jerknoun
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
Jerknoun
A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
Jerknoun
A dull or stupid person.
Jerknoun
A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
Jerknoun
The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
Jerknoun
(obsolete) A soda jerk.
Jerknoun
(weightlifting) A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time.
Jerknoun
(Caribbean) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade.
Jerknoun
(Caribbean) Meat cured by jerking; charqui.
Jerkverb
(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
Jerkverb
(transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
Jerkverb
To masturbate.
Jerkverb
(obsolete) To beat, to hit.
Jerkverb
(obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
Jerkverb
To lift using a jerk.
Jerkverb
(obsolete) To flout with contempt.
Jerkverb
To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
Jerkverb
To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, to jerk beef. See Charqui.
Jerkverb
To beat; to strike.
Jerkverb
To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.
Jerkverb
To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
Jerkverb
To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.
Jerkverb
To flout with contempt.
Jerknoun
A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.
Jerknoun
A sudden start or spring.
Jerknoun
Calisthenic exercises, such as push-ups or deep knee bends; also called physical jerks.
Jerknoun
A foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person.
Jerknoun
The lifting of a weight, in a single rapid motion, from shoulder height until the arms are outstretched above the head; distinguished from press in that the motion in a jerk is more rapid, and the body may be moved under the weight to assist completion of the movement; as, a clean and jerk of two hundred pounds.
Jerknoun
a dull stupid fatuous person
Jerknoun
an abrupt spasmodic movement
Jerknoun
(mechanics) the rate of change of velocity
Jerknoun
a sudden abrupt pull
Jerkverb
pull, or move with a sudden movement;
Jerkverb
move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions;
Jerkverb
make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion;
Jerkverb
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;
Jerkverb
throw or toss with a quick motion;
Accelerationnoun
(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
Accelerationnoun
(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
Accelerationnoun
(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
Accelerationnoun
The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
Accelerationnoun
The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; - opposed to retardation.
Accelerationnoun
an increase in speed;
Accelerationnoun
the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
Accelerationnoun
(physics) a rate of change of velocity
Acceleration
In mechanics, acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time. Accelerations are vector quantities (in that they have magnitude and direction).
