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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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