jerky
adjectivenounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈd͡ʒɜːki//
- United States//ˈd͡ʒɝki//
Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
adjective
- 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
datedAnxious; jumpy.
Etymology
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.
noun
- 1
Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.
verb
- 1
To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.
Forms
- plural
- jerkies
- comparative
- jerkier
- superlative
- jerkiest
- past tense
- jerkied
- past participle
- jerkied
- present participle
- jerkying
- third person singular
- jerkies
Jericho · A city in the West Bank, Palestine.jerk · A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the…jerking · A motion that jerks; a jerk.
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.