jerking

Other forms of jerking

plural

jerkings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jerking

What does jerking mean?

jerking means "an abrupt spasmodic movement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jerking?

jerking has 2 syllables: jer-king. The stress falls on "jer". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɝkɪŋ/.

What is another word for jerking?

Close synonyms include jerk, jolt, saccade, arrhythmic, jerky. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jerking a common word?

jerking is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.