Jerking meaning : To make a sudden uncontrolled movement. To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake. To masturbate. To beat, to hit. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand. (usually transitive) To lift using a jerk. To flout with contempt. To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun. A motion that jerks; a jerk.