Translation for '
jerk' from English to Croatian
NOUN1 | jerk | - | |
NOUN2 | a jerk | jerks | |
VERB | to jerk | jerked | jerked jerking | jerks | |
SYNO | dork | jerk | jerked meat | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
VERB to infinitive | simple past | past participle
present participle | 3rd person
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- At the 2010 Commonwealth Games she competed in the 48 kilogram event, snatching 73 kilograms, which was an Oceania record, but unfortunately was injured during the warm up for the clean and jerk, tearing the internal ligament in her elbow, and was not able to secure a clean and jerk result.
- The key to "walking the dog" is making sure that there's some "line slack" immediately before each jerk, and immediately after each jerk.
- American neurologist Morris Lewis (1852–1928) first described the jaw jerk.
- Boston Jerk Centre in Portland is an area well known for its "jerked" foods, including chicken, fish and pork. Jerked foods are foods made with Jamaican jerk spice and traditional technique.
- Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica, in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice.
- The competition program at the National Games mirrors that of the Olympic Games as only medals for the total achieved are awarded, but not for individual lifts in either the snatch or clean and jerk.
- The squat jerk is like the power jerk in how the lifter catches the barbell in a squat position, but unlike the power jerk, the lifter catches the barbell in a full squat position with the barbell locked out above their head.
- The sport consists of three main lifts: the snatch, jerk and the long cycle. Jerk and Long Cycle can be performed with one bell or two kettlebells of equal weight.
- At the 2010 South American Games, in Medellin, he took fourth place in the clean and jerk.
- He won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics at the men's 56 kg event, setting an Olympic Record in the clean and jerk with 168 kg, all while competing in the B session.
- The rap group New Boyz wrote and recorded a hit in Los Angeles entitled "You're a Jerk", while Audio Push wrote and recorded "Teach Me How To Jerk".
- The next year he competed in the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, where he a bronze medal in the clean & jerk portion in the new 96 kg category.
- 1985 – The American Karyn Marshall became the first woman in history to clean and jerk over [...] , with a 303 lb (137.5 kg) clean and jerk.
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