- A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by
spasmodic muscular contraction. - A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a
ligature fastened tightly about it.
- An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of
the muscular parts of an animal body. - Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a
violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion.
- Fool in front of church is a jerk - Jerk - Jerk swears off wristwatches, strangely - Last night, old lady was a jerk! - Muscular spasm - Spasm - Sudden jerking movement