Preposition: as

• hell: What's the betting it'll still be jerky as hell?

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: Occasionally, having had the machine on Pause for time, switching back to Play tended to result in a slightly jerky picture.

• rather: So the Isaac narrative unfolds in a rather jerky way.

• very: The movie playback is very jerky / keeps freezing / buffering or the quality isn't very good.

• little: The block moves but the movement was a little jerky.

• too: This worked well and gave me an exposure of about half a second, But the release was still a shade too jerky.

• not: Up to £ 10, depending on the quality offered - not jerky streamed stuff, proper broadcast TV.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: This might make movements jerky, or muscles stiff.

• buy: Buy delicious beef jerky online in the UK for the first time.

• look: They look a bit jerky at the moment but he explains that this will be different once he has slowed them down.

Modifies a noun

• movement: A jerky movement is likely to break the glass neck.

• rhythm: What to us is clearly a strathspey, with its jerky, dotted rhythms, might be called a reel.

• motion: They swam just as butterflies fly, with a darting, jerky motion, and called a merry " Good morning!

• guitar: Boy Kill Boy capture the zeitgeist perfectly with 'Back Again ' , which features perfect English accented vocals and lots of jerky guitars.

• picture: Despite second IDE hard drive does not participate in TV records, the problem of jerky TV picture occur.

• fashion: She let go of the shotline and began waving her arms around in a ' jerky fashion ' .

Used with adjective complement

• appear: If this is the case then your video window is in the background and appears jerky.

• seem: It can seem quite jerky - perhaps echoing the agitated mother in confrontation with her daughter?

• look: Differences in frame rates are responsible for old films looking jerky with everyone walking around faster.

• make: LOW FAT All visible fat is trimmed off the beef before making jerky.