jerking

English

Verb

jerking

  1. present participle of jerk

Noun

jerking (plural jerkings)

  1. A motion that jerks; a jerk.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
      The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).
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