JERKY

anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky

(adjective) having or revealing stupidity; “ridiculous anserine behavior”; “a dopey answer”; “a dopey kid”; “some fool idea about rewriting authors’ books”

choppy, jerky

(adjective) marked by abrupt transitions; “choppy prose”

arrhythmic, jerking, jerky

(adjective) lacking a steady rhythm; “an arrhythmic heartbeat”

jerky, jerked meat, jerk

(noun) meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

jerky (comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)

Characterized by physical jerking.

Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).

Etymology 2

Noun

jerky (countable and uncountable, plural jerkies)

Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

Verb

jerky (third-person singular simple present jerkies, present participle jerkying, simple past and past participle jerkied)

(transitive) To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.

Synonyms

• (preserve meat by drying): jerk

Source: Wiktionary


Jerk"y, a.

Definition: Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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