Jerk
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body. A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake. A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered or disagreeable, and often not very intelligent. The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time. A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade Meat cured by jerking; charqui.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make a sudden uncontrolled movement. To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake. To masturbate. To beat, to hit. To throw. To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.
Example sentence: I never liked talking about myself or my background because I hated bringing back bad memories. And sometimes when I talked, it would come out the wrong way, and I'd look like a jerk. That's why I became an enigma to people.
Saccade
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a sudden jerking movementa rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to anotherthe act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reinsthe sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow