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arse | jerk |

As an abbreviation arse

is (biochemistry) arylsulfatase e, an enzyme, deficiencies in which are associated with abnormalities in cartilage and bone development.

As a noun jerk is

a sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body or jerk can be (caribbean) a rich, spicy jamaican marinade.

As a verb jerk is

to make a sudden uncontrolled movement or jerk can be to cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

arse

English

(wikipedia arse)

Alternative forms

* ass (US)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.
  • *:
  • *:& thenne he rode after the bore / & thenne syre la?celot was ware where the bore set his ars to a tree by an hermytage / Thenne sir launcelot ranne atte bore with his spere / & ther with the bore torned hym nemly
  • *2011 , James Smart, The Guardian , 12 March:
  • *:As the novel progresses, he is shot in the hand with his own gun, shot in the arse with someone else's and lacerated by a prosthetic weed trimmer.
  • A stupid, mean or despicable person.
  • *2007 , Martin Harrison, The Judgement of Paris , p.282:
  • *:“You're an arse',” Ellen said. ¶ “Please? You must like something about me …?” ¶ “I do. You're an '''arse'''. I just told you that. I feel comfy with you, because you're such an ' arse .”
  • *2007 , L. A. Wilson, The Silurian: Book One: The Fox and the Bear , p.103:
  • *:He looked at me, was just about to call me an arse', when I told him, “You throw it too hard. Try and think of the javelin hitting the target before you throw it. Let it all go through your mind first, see it, feel it, then throw it.” ¶ “Good advice, you ' arse ,” he said and tried again.
  • *2011 , Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes , unnumbered page:
  • *:Felnigg. What a suppurating arse'. Look at him. ' Arse .

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "arse")

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from arse) * do not know their arse from their elbow * arse bandit * arsehole * arseface * arsehat * arseman * arsey/arsy * arsing * duck's arse * duck-arsed * hang an arse (obsolete) * kick arse * kiss my arse * smart arse * tight-arse

    Verb

  • (slang) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
    • Stop arsing around!
  • * 1985 , Sam McAughtry, McAughtry's War , page 10,
    • He was university material, just arsing' about as a rigger, ' arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me.
  • * 2005 , , page 291,
    • Pi, upset, roars, "Quit arsing around there and get cracking," and a dozen heads turn their way.
  • * 2011 , Jaine Fenn, Bringer of Light , unnumbered page,
    • He was half-expecting a call from the lingua, telling him to stop arsing' around, but his com stayed silent, so it looked like a certain amount of ' arsing around was allowed.
  • (slang) To make, to bother.
    • I can't be arsed to write that essay for tomorrow.
    I couldn't be arsed to write that essay for tomorrow.
  • * 2008', Lynn Broadbent, Infinite Ideas Staff, '' Be '''Arsed : 365 Brilliant Ideas for Getting Off Your Backside and Living Life to the Full .
  • * 2008 , Guy Cullen, Loose Ends , page 2,
    • You can keep all the macho bollocks that goes with the job. I can't be arsed who thinks what of me to be perfectly honest and I have no time for those that are.
  • * 2011 , Ray Banks. Beast of Burden , page 133,
    • but here's the way you're supposed to run it: make out like it'll be a long, drawn out process, that you can't be arsed' and that they ''shouldn?t'' be ' arsed because it'll probably end up doing fuck all except getting a copper pissed off at them.

    Derived terms

    * arse about * arse around * half-arsed

    Anagrams

    * English intransitive verbs English swear words ----

    jerk

    English

    Etymology 1

    Probably from (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body.
  • * 1856 , (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
    • The black cloth bestrewn with white beads blew up from time to time, laying bare the coffin. The tired bearers walked more slowly, and it advanced with constant jerks , like a boat that pitches with every wave.
  • A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
    • When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good jerk !
  • (US, slang, pejorative) A dull or stupid person.
  • (US, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable.
    • I finally fired him, because he was being a real jerk to his customers, even to some of the staff.
    You really are a jerk sometimes.
  • (physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
  • (obsolete) A soda jerk.
  • (weightlifting) 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.
    • Usage notes
    (wikipedia jerk) * Jerk is measured in metres per second cubed (m/s3) in SI units, or in feet per second cubed (ft/s3) in imperial units.
    Synonyms
    * (sudden movement) jolt, lurch, jump * (quick tug) yank * (stupid person) numbskull * (unlikable person) asshole, bastard, twat, knobhead, tosser, wanker, git, dick. * jolt (British), surge, lurch
    Derived terms
    * jerkish * soda jerk

    See also

    * acceleration * displacement * velocity

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
  • * 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
    • York came to me first, whilst the groom stood at Ginger's head. He drew my head back and fixed the rein so tight that it was almost intolerable; then he went to Ginger, who was impatiently jerking her head up and down against the bit, as was her way now.
  • To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
  • (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
  • (obsolete) To beat, to hit.
    • (Florio)
  • (obsolete) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
    • to jerk a stone
  • (usually, transitive, weightlifting) To lift using a jerk.
  • (obsolete) To flout with contempt.
    • Derived terms
    * jerk off * jerksome

    Etymology 2

    From American (etyl) charquear, from charqui, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Caribbean) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade
  • (Caribbean) Meat cured by jerking; charqui.
    • Jerk chicken is a local favorite.
    Related terms
    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
  • * 2011 , Dominic Smith, Bright and Distant Shores , page 106:
    • The Lemakot in the north strangled widows and threw them into the cremation pyres of their dead husbands. If they defeated potential invaders the New Irish hanged the vanquished from banyan trees, flensed their windpipes, removed their heads, left their intestines to jerk in the sun.