clean and jerk

clean and jerk

n.

A lift in weightlifting in which a weight is raised from the floor to shoulder height, held there briefly, and then pushed overhead in a rapid motion of the arms, typically accompanied by a spring or lunge from the legs.

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clean and jerk - a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead clean weightlift, weightlifting - bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights jerk - raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms