jerky English

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What does jerky mean?

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jerky Adjective

— If the movement of something is jerky, it is not moving with abrupt stops and starts. The bus came to a jerky halt.

jerky Noun

— Jerky is a type of meat that has been cured and cut into long, thin strips.

jerky

— noun meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

— adjective (= choppy) marked by abrupt transitions choppy prose

— adjective (= arrhythmic) lacking a steady rhythm an arrhythmic heartbeat

— adjective (= anserine, dopey) having or revealing stupidity ridiculous anserine behavior a dopey answer a dopey kid some fool idea about rewriting authors' books

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jerky English » English

dried meat

choppy

spasmodic

jerked meat

convulsive

abrupt

spastic

jerk

staccato

shaky

nervy

jumpy

jerking

goosy

goosey

gooselike

foolish

dopy

dopey

brusque

arrhythmic

anserine

wobbly

uneven

thin

steep

snatchy

snappy

self-conscious

saccadic

rugged

plump

petulant

paroxysmal

offhand

oafish

nitwitted

neural

nervous

jolty

jittery

jiggly

jerky 2

jerky 1

fitful

fidgety

edgy

drum

dried beef

disjointed