jerky

Meaning

Adj

1. Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
2. Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).

Noun

Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

Verb

To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.

Synonyms

dried meat

choppy

abrupt

convulsive

jerked meat

spasmodic

jerk

spastic

jumpy

staccato

nervy

anserine

arrhythmic

brusque

dopy

gooselike

dopey

shaky

foolish

goosey

goosy

jerking

paroxysmal

petulant

plump

rugged

self-conscious

snappy

snatchy

steep

thin

uneven

wobbly

boob tube

dried beef

jolty

jerky 1

jerky 2

saccadic

dehydrated meat

angularly

bluff

blunt

brief

can

cask

cured meat

curt

dim-witted

disjointed

Translations

saccadé

απότομος

ruckartig

sarsıntılı

aptallık

stoßweise

sussultante

κοφτός

haché

accidentado

charqui

zuckend

ridícul

unstet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɝki/

Etymology

From jerk + -y.