Definitions

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  • adjective Characteristic of a jerk.

Etymologies

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From jerk +‎ -some.

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From jerk +‎ -some.

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Examples

  • Compelling, Dave; but, you do know how irksome quirksome jerksome I consider this ChickLit label to be.

    Something I missed ... Frank Wilson 2008

  • The quobus quartet were there too, if I mistake not, as a sideline but, pace the contempt of senate, well to the fore, in an amenessy meeting, metandmorefussed to decide whereagainwhen to meet themselves flopsome and jerksome, lubber and deliric, drinking unsteadily through the Kerry quadrilles and Listowel lancers and mastersinging always with that consecutive fifth of theirs, eh?

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • With females jolting up and down, upon no springs — except those of jerksome curiosity — conduct of this character was rude in the extreme.

    Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

  • With females jolting up and down, upon no springs -- except those of jerksome curiosity -- conduct of this character was rude in the extreme.

    Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale 1862

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