jerky
AdjektivSubstantivVerbin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈd͡ʒɜːki//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈd͡ʒɝki//
Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
Adjektiv
- 1
Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
jerky flight
jerky movement
jerky sounds
- 2
Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).
jerky guy
jerky behaviour
- 3
veraltendAnxious; jumpy.
Herkunft
Etymology tree English jerk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English jerky From jerk + -y.
Substantiv
- 1
Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
Herkunft
Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.
Verb
- 1
To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.
Formen
- Plural
- jerkies
- Komparativ
- jerkier
- Superlativ
- jerkiest
- Präteritum
- jerkied
- Partizip II
- jerkied
- Partizip I
- jerkying
- 3. Person Singular
- jerkies
jerky · Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
Jerome · A male given name from Ancient Greek.Jerri · A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn,…jerry · A chamber pot.