jerker

See also: Jerker

English

Etymology

From jerk ‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)

Noun

jerker (plural jerkers)

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

Derived terms

• circle jerker
• soda jerker
• tear-jerker

 

Further reading

• “jerker”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• rejerk

French

Etymology

From English jerk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɛʁ.ke/, /ʒɛʁ.ke/

• Audio:

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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/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		jerké /dʒɛʁ.ke/ or /ʒɛʁ.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/ or /ʒɛʁk/	jerkes /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/	jerke /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/	jerkons /dʒɛʁ.kɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɔ̃/	jerkez /dʒɛʁ.ke/ or /ʒɛʁ.ke/	jerkent /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/
	imperfect	jerkais /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɛ/	jerkais /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɛ/	jerkait /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɛ/	jerkions /dʒɛʁ.kjɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kjɔ̃/	jerkiez /dʒɛʁ.kje/ or /ʒɛʁ.kje/	jerkaient /dʒɛʁ.kɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɛ/
	past historic2	jerkai /dʒɛʁ.ke/ or /ʒɛʁ.ke/	jerkas /dʒɛʁ.ka/ or /ʒɛʁ.ka/	jerka /dʒɛʁ.ka/ or /ʒɛʁ.ka/	jerkâmes /dʒɛʁ.kam/ or /ʒɛʁ.kam/	jerkâtes /dʒɛʁ.kat/ or /ʒɛʁ.kat/	jerkèrent /dʒɛʁ.kɛʁ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɛʁ/
	future	jerkerai /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁe/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁe/	jerkeras /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁa/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁa/	jerkera /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁa/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁa/	jerkerons /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/	jerkerez /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁe/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁe/	jerkeront /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jerkerais /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	jerkerais /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	jerkerait /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	jerkerions /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	jerkeriez /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁje/ or /ʒɛʁ.kə.ʁje/	jerkeraient /dʒɛʁ.kə.ʁɛ/ or /ʒɛʁ.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/ or /ʒɛʁk/	jerkes /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/	jerke /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/	jerkions /dʒɛʁ.kjɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kjɔ̃/	jerkiez /dʒɛʁ.kje/ or /ʒɛʁ.kje/	jerkent /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/
	imperfect2	jerkasse /dʒɛʁ.kas/ or /ʒɛʁ.kas/	jerkasses /dʒɛʁ.kas/ or /ʒɛʁ.kas/	jerkât /dʒɛʁ.ka/ or /ʒɛʁ.ka/	jerkassions /dʒɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/	jerkassiez /dʒɛʁ.ka.sje/ or /ʒɛʁ.ka.sje/	jerkassent /dʒɛʁ.kas/ or /ʒɛʁ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jerke /dʒɛʁk/ or /ʒɛʁk/	—	jerkons /dʒɛʁ.kɔ̃/ or /ʒɛʁ.kɔ̃/	jerkez /dʒɛʁ.ke/ or /ʒɛʁ.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.