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How to pronounce “jerk”

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Pronunciation guide for jerk

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of jerk with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Dark Energy and the Runaway Universethat's mathematically known as a jerk.
Definition summary: A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.

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Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe

that's mathematically known as a jerk.

[Noun]
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
A quick pull on something.
(originally Canada, US, slang, derogatory) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
(US, slang, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.
(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.
(slang) Masturbation.
(preceded by definite article) A dance, popular in Western culture in the 1960s, in which the head and upper body is thrown forwards regularly to the beat of the music.
(physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
(US, obsolete) A soda jerk.
[Verb]
(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
(transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
(US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
(obsolete) To beat, to hit.
(obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
(usually transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
(obsolete) To flout with contempt.