Adjective : jerk sauce. ,jerk chicken.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : The train started with a jerk.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : She jerked the child by the hand.    From Dictionary.com. 

My big tear jerker is Mon-El's speech at Superboy's funeral (LSH v2 #38): http://thecomicbookpages.com/pocket2.htm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six by 6 | Six comics that made us cry | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Wow, that's a tear jerker.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2006] Reference

That sounds like a tear-jerker if I've ever heard one.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wednesday Letters (copy)] Reference

And to be honest, "Dance with my Father," tear jerker.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2004] Reference

A real tear-jerker for the consumption of the subscribers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Changed Man and the King of Words]

You helped their agenda by posting those tear jerker lies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monumental mismanagement « BuzzMachine] Reference

WHITFIELD: It is an inspiring movie and also a tear-jerker.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2008] Reference

DORNIN: It is a tear jerker, I think, every time you see it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2007] Reference

Oh, yes, I've watched the tear-jerker ending dozens of times.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

PHILLIPS: Well, it's a tear jerker time, but run for the tissue.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2007] Reference

A mix of peppermint and rosemary emanate during a tear jerker scene.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2006] Reference

A thoughtful tragedy that morphs into a tear-jerker in the third act.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Madonnas of Leningrad: Summary and book reviews of The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean.] Reference

With the soda-jerker this period is so short as to be almost negligible.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beautiful and Damned] Reference

"The kid who collected Spider-man" .... absolutely the best tear-jerker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six by 6 | Six comics that made us cry | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference

That may be the case, but the story of her capture is an easy tear-jerker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Free Lolita! A Whale Story] Reference

The song was a real tear jerker in 1976 but, good Lord, the world has changed.    From Wordnik.com.  [2000-05-04 01:44:07] Reference

PHILLIPS: I'll tell you what, if that's not a tear-jerker I don't know what is.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2007] Reference

And to use this as a tear-jerker in a political speech is, as I said, just plain hypocrisy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [124] -- How's That Libertarian Thingie Workin' Out For Ya?] Reference

He's had thirty-odd years to polish up his story — and it's a real tear-jerker as you say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frost at Christmas]

Besides, the last thing I need is for my wife to drag me into another tear-jerker of a movie.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - A Prairie Home Companion] Reference

“Make Obamacare Go Away,” and appropriately, Make the World Go Away is also a tear jerker.    From Wordnik.com.  [A quick observation on the 8-K Fun. | RedState] Reference

If we thought her Golden Globe acceptance was a tear-jerker, this will be an all out bawl-fest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emmy Picks 2007: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy | the TV addict] Reference

With a Golden Globe already in hand, it will be a tear jerker when someone accepts on his behalf.    From Wordnik.com.  [And The Dark Knight goes to] Reference

I've been thinking of doing a tear-jerker book display and this book fits the category perfectly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arbor Day Anyone?] Reference

Liza sings EVERYTHING with such emotion, she could turn the Itzy Bitzy Spider into a tear jerker.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

It was a bit of a tear-jerker, and all I had was toilet paper and a half-empty cardboard candy box.    From Wordnik.com.  [You can't always get what you want] Reference

McClellan's resignation must have been a real tear-jerker for the White House Press Corps to witness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Face Transplant for Bush Whitehouse] Reference

Unfortunately, the only film on the list with sci-fi chops is the 1999 animated tear-jerker The Iron Giant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are You Crying? There’s No Crying in Sci Fi! : SF Universe - SF Universe is your Science Fiction central. From SciFi television to movies to books and more. All the latest news, reviews and insights from SciFi experts.] Reference

The bio film that introduced her pretended to be a mawkish tear-jerker, and then cleverly broke into a Van Halen riff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Goes Out With a Whimper] Reference

EW calls it “a pandering, slackly constructed tear-jerker” full of sentiments that Hallmark sells less expensively.    From Wordnik.com.  [2007 January 12 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference

Even though I did not shed a tear throughout the book, i have heard that this book can be a tear jerker, and I wouldn't doubt it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reader reviews of Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult.] Reference

Seeing her in the bed was enough of a tear-jerker, but the thought of losing her hit even harder, even though the danger had passed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Would You Thank for Helping You Get Where You Are?] Reference

Now, if you will forgive me, I must get back to the radio which is playing Christmas songs and the tear-jerker, "The Red Shoes". (snif).    From Wordnik.com.  [Thank you, Bruce] Reference

Plus I'm guessing it's going to be a real tear-jerker at the end when the inevitable happens - with two wonderful actors to bring it home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Filmstalker: Nicholson and Freeman as road buddies] Reference