jerky
adjetivosustantivoverboatestiguado en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈd͡ʒɜːki//
- Estados Unidos//ˈd͡ʒɝki//
Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
adjetivo
- 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
anticuadoAnxious; jumpy.
Etimología
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.
sustantivo
- 1
Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
Etimología
Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.
verbo
- 1
To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.
Formas
- plural
- jerkies
- comparativo
- jerkier
- superlativo
- jerkiest
- pasado
- jerkied
- participio
- jerkied
- gerundio
- jerkying
- 3.ª persona del 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.