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
jerky (comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)
Characterized by physical jerking.
Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).
jerky (countable and uncountable, plural jerkies)
Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
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.
• (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
4 June 2025
(verb) bestow a quality on; “Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company”; “The music added a lot to the play”; “She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings”; “This adds a light note to the program”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
