Jerks meaning : A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body. A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake. A dull or stupid person. A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable. The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time. A soda jerk. 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. 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.