jerky

Meaning

Adj

1. Characterized by physical jerking.
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

drum

🥁

edgy

fidgety

fitful

jiggly

jittery

nervous

neural

nitwitted

oafish

offhand

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɝki/

Etymology

From jerk + -y.