[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement:The train started with a jerk.", "a spasmodic, usually involuntary, muscular movement, as the reflex action of pulling the hand away from a flame.", "any sudden, quick movement of the body, as in dodging something.", "Slang.a contemptibly rude, inconsiderate, or mean person:That jerk just cut me off!", "(in weightlifting) the raising of a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms.", "jerks,British Informal. physical jerks(def) physical jerks(def).", "a dance, deriving from the twist, in which the dancers alternately thrust out their pelvises and their shoulders.", "the jerks,paroxysms or violent spasmodic muscular movements, as resulting from excitement evoked by some religious services."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to pull, twist, move, thrust, or throw with a quick, suddenly arrested motion:She jerked the child by the hand.", "to utter in a broken, spasmodic way.", "Informal.to prepare, dispense, and serve (sodas, ice cream, etc.) at a soda fountain."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to give a jerk or jerks.", "to move with a quick, sharp motion; move spasmodically.", "to talk in a broken, spasmodic way.", "Informal.to work as a soda jerk soda jerk.", "to dance the jerk."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["Slang: Vulgar.to masturbate."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to preserve (meat, especially beef) by cutting in strips and curing by drying in the sun."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["being or containing a spicy seasoning mixture flavored with allspice, used especially in Jamaican cooking:jerk sauce.", "prepared with jerk flavorings, especially by barbecuing or grilling:jerk chicken."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["jerky2 ."]}]