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Adjective: jerky (jerkier,jerkiest)  jur-kee
  1. Lacking a steady rhythm
    - arrhythmic, jerking, arhythmic
     
  2. Marked by abrupt transitions
    "jerky prose";
    - choppy
     
  3. Having or revealing stupidity
    "ridiculous jerky behaviour";
    - anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike
Noun: jerky  jur-kee
  1. Meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
    - jerked meat, jerk

Derived forms: jerkier, jerkiest

See also: stupid, sudden, unsteady

Type of: meat

Encyclopedia: Jerky