Jerky Definition

jûrkē
jerkier, jerkiest
adjective
jerkier, jerkiest
Characterized or moving by jerks; making sudden starts and stops or spasmodic movements.
Webster's New World
Foolish, mean, contemptible, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
Meat, esp. beef, that has been sliced into strips and dried.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Jerky

Noun

Singular:
jerky
Plural:
jerkies

Adjective

Base Form:
jerky
Comparative:
jerkier
Superlative:
jerkiest

Origin of Jerky

  • From a Quechuan language charqui (“sun-dried or air-dried strips of meat”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of charqui

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Jerky Sentence Examples

  • With jerky movements, she finished dressing and replaced her weapons.

  • The regimental commander walked with his jerky steps to the front of the regiment and examined it from a distance.

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

  • Angelman's syndrome was first described in 1965 by Harold Angelman, who noted that a group of children in his medical practice had flat heads, made jerky movements, held their tongues in a protruding way, and had curious bouts of laughter.

  • According to The University of Chicago's Jack Miller Center for Peripheral Neuropathy, celiac disease has also been shown to cause ataxia, a condition marked by jerky uncoordinated muscle movements.

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Words Starting With

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