jerky
About 0.64 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
jerky flight
- adjective Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).
jerky guy
- adjective Anxious; jumpy.
- 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.
Similar words
jerking unsteady irregular arrhythmic jerked meat cut dried jerklike jerksome jolty
Often followed by
movements and movement motion motions or in manner way
Word family
jerkier jerkies jerkiest jerkily jerkiness jerkinesses
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