jerking

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Verb

1. present participle of jerk#English|jerk

Noun

jerking (plural jerkings)

1. A motion that jerks; a jerk.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

     The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).

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