flounce – Can mean a sudden fling or jerk of the body or a limb. More…
hike – As a walk, it evolved from its original meaning of “to jerk or pull” (oneself along). More…
jerk – As in jerked meat (e.g. beef jerky), it is from American Spanish and Quechua charqui, “dried flesh.” More…
weight lifting, power lifting – Weight lifting is specifically the press, the clean and jerk, and the snatch; power lifting is the bench press, squat, and dead lift. More…