What is to throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone called?
jerk — To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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