Reverse Dictionary: JERK (pull, yank, tug)

ADJECTIVES
► ICKITTY-PICKITTY moving with a jerky action → 19C Eng. dial.
► JAGGIE ► JAGGY having a jerking motion → 1842 Sc.
► JERKISH characterized by jerks; jerky → 1885
► JERKSOME jerky, twitching →1880
► NERVY jerky, sudden → 1884
► NIPPITY jerky and quick, with short, sharp movements → 1903 Sc. 
► QUAVERY jerky, quavering, unsteady → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TWITCHETY jerky, jumpy; said of a thing, moving back and forth rapidly → 1859

ADVERBS
► BY FITS AND STARTS AS THE HOG PISSETH jerkily; intermittently → 18C  colloq.

NOUNS
► DILDER a smart jerk, shake, jolt → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FLIP a sudden jerk or movement; a flash or flicker of light → 1821
► FRIGABOB anything jerking from side to side, dancing up and down, or moving about rapidly → 19C Eng. dial.
► HOTCH a jerk or jolt; a shrug → 1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► JAG a sharp jerk or jolt → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NISK a sudden jerk → 1934 Sc.
► QUINCH a jerk or twitch of the body; a twinge → 1571 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
► SPANG a jerk; a sudden and violent movement of a thing → 1513 Eng. dial.
► TIT a jerk, a twitch, a tug; a sharp and sudden pull → 1340 chiefly Sc.
► TWERK a jerking or twisting movement; a twitch → 1820 colloq., chiefly US
► TWITCH a jerk, a pluck, a snatch; a sudden sharp pull or tug → 1523
► VELLYE a sudden jerk, a force → 1880 Sc.
► WALLOP a violent jerky movement; a floundering, convulsive heaving → 1820 Sc. 
► YARK ► YERK ► YIRK a jerk, a twitch; a sudden or abrupt movement → 1581 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YAUNCE a quick, jerking movement of the body → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► DILDER to jerk, to shake, to jolt → 1889 Sc.
► FEAK to jerk, to twitch, to pull smartly → 1548 Eng. dial.
► FLINK to jerk, to fling, to toss, to throw with a jerk → 1867 Eng. dial.
► FLIRT to move with a jerk; to toss, to flip → 1872 Amer. dial.
► FRIGABOB to jerk up and down, to move about rapidly → 19C Eng. dial.
► GAG to jerk; to strike with a sharp blow; also, to toss up the head → 1587 obs.
► HOTCH to move jerkily up and down; to shift about with discomfort or impatience; to fidget → c1440 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HOTTER to move unsteadily, to totter; to jolt about, as a vehicle on a rough road; to move in an uneven, jerky manner → c1650
► JAG to jerk roughly; to jolt; to move with a sharp, jerking motion → 1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► JIGGER to jerk, to shake → 1869 colloq.
► KECK to jerk oneself back; to throw back the head with disdainful air; to raise oneself erect → 1740 Eng. dial.
► SAINT VITUS DANCE to move in a fidgety, jerking manner → 1621 UK sl.
► TWERK to move with a jerking, twitching, or twisting motion → 1848 colloq., chiefly US
► TWITCH to jerk or pull something sharply or forcibly; to give a sudden sharp pull or tug at something → c1300
► WALLOP to jerk or thrash about with the limbs, to flounder → 1880 Sc. 
► YARK ► YERK ► YIRK to jerk, to wrench; to pull, push, or throw with a sudden movement → 1568 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► YAWK ► YUCK to jerk, to drag; to pull, to yank → 1840 Amer. dial.