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"jerk" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

jerk verbo

jerk + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 19
jerk one's head • jerk one's hand • jerk one's arm • jerk a thumb • jerk up one's head • ...
verbo + jerk
Kolokacji: 5
keep jerking • try to jerk • begin jerking • stop jerking • start jerking
jerk + preposición
Kolokacji: 26
jerk up • jerk off • jerk out • jerk toward • jerk into • ...
jerk + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 39
jerk away • jerk forward • jerk suddenly • jerk free • jerk open • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 5
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 12
(1) away, aside
Kolokacji: 2
(2) forward, forth
Kolokacji: 2
(3) suddenly, abruptly, sharply, instantly
Kolokacji: 4
(4) free, open, uncontrollably, straight
Kolokacji: 4
(5) backward, backwards
Kolokacji: 2
(6) violently, furiously
Kolokacji: 2
(7) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(8) hard, sideways, involuntarily, once, slightly, ...
Kolokacji: 12
(9) spasmodically, convulsively
Kolokacji: 2
(10) wildly, frantically
Kolokacji: 2
(11) nervously, taut, reflexively
Kolokacji: 3
1. jerk nervously = szarpnij nerwowo jerk nervously
2. jerk reflexively = szarpnij w stronie zwrotnej jerk reflexively
3. jerk taut = szarpnięcie naprężony jerk taut
  • The boat-puller obeyed, taking a turn around the little forward thwart and paying the line as it jerked taut.
  • Jary ducked a gleaming stalactite, moved forward quickly before the safety line between them jerked taut.
  • The safety line jerked taut, battering him against the tight walls of the cleft.
  • But he didn't faint, just stumbled, the rope jerked taut preventing him from falling.
  • The long chain jerked taut and held it helpless by the scruff of its tawny neck.
  • A rope fell over him and jerked taut around his waist.
  • The quivering, shambling body jerked taut; the head lifted.
  • Gould's shaken voice stopped Louis like a child's marionette whose string had been jerked taut.
  • The tether attached to her waist reached its full extent, jerked taut, and pulled her back.
  • The pump line jerked taut as the truck bucked forward, and snapped loose with a spwang.
(12) savagely, viciously
Kolokacji: 2

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