дёрнуть — meaning in English

English meaning

• chug verb To move or run with a repeated dull, laboured sound, as an engine does.
• jerk verb To move suddenly and sharply, often without control.
• tug verb To pull at something with a sharp or sustained effort.
• twitch noun A small, sudden, often involuntary movement of a muscle.

Senses

дёрнуть is used for these senses in English:

• chug (transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.
• jerk (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
• tug (transitive) To pull hard repeatedly.
• twitch (transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.

chug — full definition

1. verb To move or run with a repeated dull, laboured sound, as an engine does.
2. verb Informal: to drink a large amount quickly and continuously, without stopping.
3. noun A dull, repeated, laboured sound, as of an engine working.

jerk — full definition

1. verb To move suddenly and sharply, often without control.
2. verb To pull or tug something quickly and sharply.
3. noun An unpleasant or inconsiderate person.
4. noun A Jamaican style of seasoning and slow-cooking meat over spiced coals, or the meat prepared this way.

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