jerker

See also: Jerker

English

Etymology

jerk +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)

Noun

jerker (plural jerkers)

1. A North American river chub, a hornyhead chub ().
2. Someone or something that jerks.

Derived terms

• soda jerker
• tear-jerker

Further reading

• “jerker”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English jerk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɛʁ.ke/

Verb

jerker

1. (intransitive) to dance the jerk

Conjugation

Conjugation of jerker (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	jerker
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	jerkant /dʒɛʁ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		jerké /dʒɛʁ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	jerke /dʒɛʁk/	jerkes /dʒɛʁk/	jerke /dʒɛʁk/	jerkons /dʒɛʁ.kɔ̃/	jerkez /dʒɛʁ.ke/	jerkent /dʒɛʁk/
	imperfect	jerkais /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/	jerkais /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/	jerkait /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/	jerkions /dʒɛʁ.kjɔ̃/	jerkiez /dʒɛʁ.kje/	jerkaient /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/
	past historic2	jerkai /dʒɛʁ.ke/	jerkas /dʒɛʁ.ka/	jerka /dʒɛʁ.ka/	jerkâmes /dʒɛʁ.kam/	jerkâtes /dʒɛʁ.kat/	jerkèrent /dʒɛʁ.kɛʁ/
	future	jerkerai /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁe/	jerkeras /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁa/	jerkera /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁa/	jerkerons /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/	jerkerez /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁe/	jerkeront /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jerkerais /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	jerkerais /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	jerkerait /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	jerkerions /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	jerkeriez /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁje/	jerkeraient /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	jerke /dʒɛʁk/	jerkes /dʒɛʁk/	jerke /dʒɛʁk/	jerkions /dʒɛʁ.kjɔ̃/	jerkiez /dʒɛʁ.kje/	jerkent /dʒɛʁk/
	imperfect2	jerkasse /dʒɛʁ.kas/	jerkasses /dʒɛʁ.kas/	jerkât /dʒɛʁ.ka/	jerkassions /dʒɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/	jerkassiez /dʒɛʁ.ka.sje/	jerkassent /dʒɛʁ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jerke /dʒɛʁk/	—	jerkons /dʒɛʁ.kɔ̃/	jerkez /dʒɛʁ.ke/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• jerk

Further reading

• “jerker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.