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jerk

How many syllables in jerk?

  1 syllable

Divide jerk into syllables:   jerk
Syllable stress:   jerk
How to pronounce jerk:   jurk
How to say jerk:

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Synonyms for jerk


1 syllable
  • jar
  • jounce
  • lash
  • start
  • tweak
  • wrench
  • jolt
  • jump
  • pull
  • tug
  • twitch
  • yank
2 syllables
  • joggle
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    What rhymes with jerk

    1 syllable
    • berk
    • burke
    • chirk
    • clerk
    • derm
    • erk
    • kirk
    • merk
    • perk
    • shirk
    • sterk
    • Turk
    • work
    • zerk
    • birk
    • Burke
    • cirque
    • derk
    • dirk
    • irk
    • lurk
    • murk
    • quirk
    • smirk
    • stirk
    • werk
    • yerk
    2 syllables
    • berserk
    • wermethe
    • rework
    3 syllables
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