herky-jerkyadj.

Brit.

/ˌhəːkɪˈdʒəːki/, U.S.

/ˌhərkiˈdʒərki/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: jerky adj.

Etymology: Reduplication of jerky adj., with variation of the initial consonant.

North American colloquial.

Characterized by abrupt stops and starts, or jerking movements.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [adjective] > jerking > jerky

jerky1670

flingy1838

jerkish1861

snappy1872

jerksome1880

herky-jerky1890

flicky1897

syncopated1924

1890 Oakland (Calif.) Daily Evening Tribune 3 June 7/1 John Levy, with..a herky-jerky deliv[er]y, said he was bridgetender on the Webster-street bridge.

1958 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Sept. 46/2 He has a herky-jerky swing and sometimes flops the bat like a wet mop.

1980 P. Simon One-trick Pony in Lyrics 1964–2008 (2008) 135 He makes me think about All of these extra moves I make And all this herky-jerky motion And the bag of tricks it takes To get me through my working day.

2013 B. Stanley Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! lxv. 727 The herky-jerky beat of ‘No Diggity’ was gone, there was no semblance of hip hop's familiar 4/4.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	herky-jerky
释义	herky-jerkyadj. Brit. /ˌhəːkɪˈdʒəːki/, U.S. /ˌhərkiˈdʒərki/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: jerky adj. Etymology: Reduplication of jerky adj., with variation of the initial consonant. North American colloquial. Characterized by abrupt stops and starts, or jerking movements. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [adjective] > jerking > jerky jerky1670 flingy1838 jerkish1861 snappy1872 jerksome1880 herky-jerky1890 flicky1897 syncopated1924 1890 Oakland (Calif.) Daily Evening Tribune 3 June 7/1 John Levy, with..a herky-jerky deliv[er]y, said he was bridgetender on the Webster-street bridge. 1958 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Sept. 46/2 He has a herky-jerky swing and sometimes flops the bat like a wet mop. 1980 P. Simon One-trick Pony in Lyrics 1964–2008 (2008) 135 He makes me think about All of these extra moves I make And all this herky-jerky motion And the bag of tricks it takes To get me through my working day. 2013 B. Stanley Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! lxv. 727 The herky-jerky beat of ‘No Diggity’ was gone, there was no semblance of hip hop's familiar 4/4. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1890
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