jerky
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jerk·y 1
(jûr′kē)adj. jerk·i·er, jerk·i·est
1. Characterized by jerks or jerking: a jerky train ride.
2. Slang Foolish; silly: jerky ideas about saving money.
jerk′i·ly adv.
jerk′i·ness n.
jerk·y 2
(jûr′kē)n.
Meat cured by jerking. Also called charqui.
[Alteration of charqui.]
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jerky
(ˈdʒɜːkɪ)adj, jerkier or jerkiest
characterized by jerks; spasmodic
ˈjerkily adv
ˈjerkiness n
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jerk•y1
(ˈdʒɜr ki)adj. jerk•i•er, jerk•i•est.
1. characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
2. Slang. silly; foolish; stupid; ridiculous.
[1855–60]
jerk′i•ly, adv.
jerk′i•ness, n.
jer•ky2
(ˈdʒɜr ki)n.
jerked meat.
[1840–50; < American Spanish charqui]
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| Noun | 1. | jerky - meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food beef jerky - strips of dried beef biltong - meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun |
| Adj. | 1. | jerky - lacking a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat" unsteady - subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice" |
| 2. | jerky - marked by abrupt transitions; "choppy prose" sudden - happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure" | |
| 3. |  jerky - having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity |
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jerky
adjective bumpy, rough, jolting, jumpy, shaky, bouncy, uncontrolled, twitchy, fitful, spasmodic, convulsive, tremulous He stood abruptly and left the room at a fast, jerky walk.
flowing, smooth, gliding, frictionless
flowing, smooth, gliding, frictionless
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كثير الرجْرَجات، بصوتٍ مُتَقَطِّع
trhavý
stødvis
szaggatott
rykkjóttur
trhaný
sarsıntılısilkintili
jerky
[ˈdʒɜːkɪ] ADJ (jerkier (compar) (jerkiest (superl))) [movement, motion] → brusco; [speech] → entrecortado, vacilanteCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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jerky
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jerky
[ˈdʒɜːkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (motion, speech) → convulso/a, a scatti; (ride) → pieno/a di scossoniCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
jerk
(dʒəːk) noun a short, sudden movement. We felt a jerk as the train started.
verb to move with a jerk or jerks. He grasped my arm and jerked me round; The car jerked to a halt.
ˈjerky adjective jerking; full of jerks. a jerky movement; a jerky way of speaking.
ˈjerkily adverbˈjerkiness noun
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