clean and jerk
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- noun
- /klin ənd jərk/
- Specialized
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- That's why I have taken my mad scientist briefcase, notes, and travel-size coffee cup with me all over the world to spread the way one should snatch, clean, and jerk.
- snatch and clean and jerk
- pounds in the clean and jerk
There are certain things that that are like snatch, clean and jerk, you know, a single Rep of each.
- There are certain things that that are like snatch, clean and jerk, you know, a single Rep of each.
Examples
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His coach emphasized the importance of technique in performing the clean and jerk correctly.
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He'll do press-ups and chin-ups Do the snatch, clean and jerk
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So much for clean and jerk.
Fiction book (1993) -
There are certain things that that are like snatch, clean and jerk, you know, a single Rep of each.
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Is there any reason for anyone to do a set of thirty clean and jerks like in the workout "Grace"?
Blog text (29) -
So Olympic lifting is going to be your clean and jerk and then your snatch.
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During the competition, she managed to clean and jerk a total of 120 kilograms.
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To improve his strength, he practices the clean and jerk three times a week.
How Demanding
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase names two specific lifts ('clean' + 'jerk') joined by 'and', so a learner who knows the constituent meanings can infer it denotes a two-part weightlifting movement performed in sequence. Naming sequential actions with 'X and Y' is a transparent compositional pattern (and common across languages), making the overall meaning predictable to a B1 learner who knows the parts.
Etymology
Clean and jerk comes from the two parts of the lift: first the bar is brought to the shoulders in the clean, then it is pushed overhead in a quick move called the jerk. So the name describes the whole 'weightlifting move'.