(biblical) Abbreviation of Jeremiah.

(linguistics) Ultra-short or reduced vowel in Proto- and Late Common Slavonic (or Slavic), then represented as ъ (back jer [ŭ]) or ь (front jer [ĭ]).

Diminutive of Jeremy

plural of jer

(informal) An affectionate nickname for someone named Jeremy.

A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body. / A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.

(intransitive) To make a sudden uncontrolled movement. / (transitive) To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake. / (US, slang, vulgar) To masturbate. / (obsolete) To beat, to hit.

(Caribbean, Jamaica) A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade. / (Caribbean, Jamaica) Meat cured by jerking; charqui.

To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

A city in the Judean Mountains, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine.