Meanings of slight jerk in English

She felt a slight jerk as the car stopped for a light.

Then, with a slight jerk, Sir Beverley leaned towards Piers.

When Byron let go, Peter's body gave a slight jerk.

He's up-stairs, with a slight jerk of his head in the direction of the ceiling.

Seizing his beard, he gave it a slight jerk, and it came off in his hand.

For a half-hour nothing touched it, and then Fred fancied that he felt a slight jerk.

With a slight jerk the ship stopped.

The Ferris wheel lifted him higher, then squeaked and stopped with a slight jerk that made him yelp.

He took hold of the lapel of my coat, and, giving it a slight jerk for greater emphasis, said forcibly:

The pulse perhaps larger, but remarkably soft and compressible, and occasionally with a slight jerk, especially under the slightest excitement.

They were led out as quietly as possible, but the man had received a slight jerk and a serious shock.

A man leaning from an open window is very nicely poised: it requires only a slight jerk to pitch him forward.

Even he felt what seemed to be a slight jerk and a settling, as though a bone had found its place.

By and by something hummed queerly, the man gave a slight jerk and a shining fish flopped two feet into the air.

Presently there was a slight jerk and, on the instant, his weapon was twisted from his hand and sent flying across the room.

A slight jerk at the elbow of his jacket arrested his steps, and he turned to look at the person who had detained him.