jerky in English dictionary

  • jerky

    Meanings and definitions of "jerky"

    • Characterized by physical jerking.
    • Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
    • adjective
      Characterized by physical jerking.
    • adjective
      Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).
    • noun
      Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.
    • characterized by physical jerking
    • Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun
    • adjective
      having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
    • adjective
      lacking a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat"
    • adjective
      marked by abrupt transitions; "choppy prose"
    • noun
      meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

    Synonyms of "jerky" in English dictionary

    choppy, jerk, foolish are the top synonyms of "jerky" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of jerky

    • jerky ( comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)
    • jerky ( countable and uncountable;  plural  jerkies)
    • jerky (comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)
    • jerky (countable and uncountable, plural jerkies)
    • jerky (third-person singular simple present jerkies, present participle jerkying, simple past and past participle jerkied)

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