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Look up: Jerk

  1. Jerk
    A dry mixture of various spices such as habenaro chilies, thyme, garlic, onions, allspice, ginger and cinnamon used to season meats such as chicken or pork, a Jamaican BBQ specialty. If made well and grilled over a wood fire you will twitch 'Jerk' when eating this very spicy dish!
    Found on http://www.goodcooking.com/basic_ck.htm

  2. Jerk
    Jerk is slang for a fool.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. jerk
    [n] - (mechanics) the rate of change of velocity 2. [n] - a dull stupid fatuous person 3. [n] - an abrupt spasmodic movement 4. [v] - move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions 5. [v] - throw or toss with a quick motion
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Jerk
    A vector quantity that specifies time rate of change of acceleration. See also: Acceleration.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  5. jerk
    the time rate of change of acceleration or deceleration Category: Transport
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Jerk
    Jerk (jẽrk) transitive verb [ Corrupted from Peruv. charqui dried beef.] To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, to jerk beef. See Charqui .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/7

  7. Jerk
    Jerk transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Jerked (jẽrkt); present participle & verbal noun Jerking .] [ Akin to yerk , and perhaps also to yard a measure.] 1. To beat; to strike. [ Obsolete] Florio. 2. To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/7

  8. Jerk
    Jerk intransitive verb 1. To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts. Milton. 2. To flout with contempt.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/7

  9. Jerk
    Jerk noun 1. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion. « His jade gave him a jerk B. Jonson. 2. A sudden start or spring. « Lobsters . . . swim backwards by jerks or springs.» Grew.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/7

  10. jerk
    1. A sudden pull. ... Synonym: deep reflex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. jerk
    jerking noun an abrupt spasmodic movement
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. jerk
    verb throw or toss with a quick motion; `flick a piece of paper across the table`; `jerk his head`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. jerk
    verb move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; `The patient`s legs were jerkings`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. Jerk
    In physics, `jerk`, `jolt` (esp in British English), `surge` or `lurch`, is the rate of change of acceleration; more precisely, the derivative of acceleration with respect to time, the second derivative of velocity, or the third derivative of displacement. Jerk is described by the following equation: :vec j=frac {mathrm vec a} {mathrmt}=frac {mathrm^2 vec v} {mathrmt^2}=frac {mathrm^3 vec r} {mathrmt^3} where :vec a is acceleration,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk

  15. jerk
    (jurk) a sudden reflex or involuntary movement.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  16. Jerk
    • (v. t.) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone. • (v. t.) 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. • (v. t.) To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui. &bull...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. Jerk
    Jerk is a Swedish boy name. The meaning of the name is `Ever Powerful Ruler` Where is it used? The name Jerk is mainly used In Swedish.How do they say it elsewhere? Erik ( In Swedish, Danish and In Czech) See also In Swedish: Jerker In English and In French: Eric The name Jerk doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 yea
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Jerk

  18. jerk
    1. a dull stupid fatuous person
    2. an abrupt spasmodic movement
    3. (mechanics) the rate of change of velocity
    4. a sudden abrupt pull

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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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