Jerky

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of a jerking character; acting by jerks; spasmodic; capricious; impatient.
  • noun. See the extract.
  • noun. See jerk.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Meat, especially beef, that has been cut in strips and dried; meat that has been jerked; see first jerk, v.
  • adjective. Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions
  • adjective. Foolish; ridiculous; stupid.
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  • adjective. Characterized by physical jerking.
  • noun. Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
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  • adjective. lacking a steady rhythm
  • noun. meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
  • adjective. marked by abrupt transitions
  • adjective. having or revealing stupidity
    • Word Usage
    "The word "jerky" is believed to have come from the Spanish word charque which means roughly "dried meat.""
    cross-reference
    air-dried  biltong  chunyu  freeze dried  pemican  
    Equivalent
    stupid  sudden  unsteady  
    Form
    jerk  jerked beef  jerked meat  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Turkey  murky  perky  quirky  turkey  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abrupt  awkward  breathless  brisk  choppy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abrupt  aspic  barbecue  beef  beef extract  
    variant
    jerk  jerkier  jerkiest  
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