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adjectivejerkier, jerkiestˈdʒəːkiˈdʒərki 1Characterized by abrupt stops and starts. the coach drew to a jerky halt Example sentencesExamples - The main symptoms are sudden, severe dizziness, partial deafness, sounds in the ear and jerky eye movements.
- Focus on keeping your movements smooth and fluid rather than abrupt and jerky.
- They watched silently as the old plane lumbered over to gate 2, discharging a huge, billowing black cloud as it rolled to a jerky stop.
- They arrived with a jerky stop and they left the train together.
- His jerky movements and sinister singing voice complement the familiar musical tunes, which are deliberately cheesy for comic effect.
- If not familiar with puppetry, you may wonder why the characters are making jerky movements.
- Louise moves to the opening of the lounge, in stiff jerky movements as though hampered by the knitting of broken bones.
- The car squeaks to a halt and she glares at him because of his jerky stop.
- He shook his head in small, terrified jerky movements.
- His fingers walk across his chest, his head, like a bird, pans the ceiling with jerky stops and starts.
- His movements were jerky, nervous; he was almost running.
- The battles are sometimes awkward with the jerky bugs stopping in place before being blasted into squiggles of DNA.
- She pulled to a jerky stop at the foot of the front stoop.
- Dallas watched him closely, never missing even one of his jerky movements.
- Kayla followed suit, and the three of them rolled to a jerky stop at the foot of a skyscraper.
- Ever so gently, he rotated, making no jerky movements.
- His jerky movements - if he wasn't a pop star you'd assume it was nerves - match his angular London accent when he talks.
- Their lips fail to synchronize with the dialogue, and their movements are jerky.
- The plane came to a jerky stop and the fasten seatbelt sign blinked off.
- Keep really tight to the pole and, without making huge jerky movements, pull yourself as far up it as possible.
Synonyms convulsive, spasmodic, fitful, twitchy, paroxysmal, shaking, shaky, tremulous, uncontrolled, uncontrollable jolting, lurching, bumpy, bouncy, jarring, rough rare jouncing 2US informal Contemptibly foolish. he makes mischief with his jerky pals Example sentencesExamples - Its so unfortunate that the other mothers are being so jerky and setting a poor example for their kids!
Derivatives adverbˈdʒəːkɪli The one grasped the other's arm and jerkily pulled her away from me. Example sentencesExamples - I uttered a strangled yelp of sheer terror, as the unidentified floating object moved jerkily toward me.
- The visuals are so polished and shiny that the characters lack the personality of their jerkily animated former selves.
- She stood up and began to pace up and down, jerkily, as though her muscles hadn't been used for a long time.
- As he moved jerkily towards the water, Slocum thought to herself: ‘He resembles a frog.’
noun Epic theater proceeds through an accumulation of gests, resulting in a calculated jerkiness. Example sentencesExamples - I thanked him with a smile and eye contact - a brusque dismissive thanks would have compounded my jerkiness - and went to Polo.
- Isn't that jabbing masculine jerkiness, that anti-plateau jumpiness, what is so much of a turn-off about Prog?
- But that means there's still that giveaway jerkiness of movement.
- Some have heel, joint and muscle ache, and frequent leg jerkiness when sleeping.
Rhymes herky-jerky, mirky, murky, perky, quirky, smirky, turkey nounˈdʒəːkiˈdʒərki mass nounMeat that has been cured by being cut into long, thin strips and dried. Example sentencesExamples - She had shoulder-length gray hair and skin resembling beef jerky.
- The $5,000 also has gone toward buying things like beef jerky, anti-fungal foot cream and DVDs.
- Among the items for sale are beef jerky, Winchester ammunition, and nine kinds of chewing tobacco.
- But, whatever harm Macscruby thinks our flag might do to his beef jerky, McDonald's had no misgivings on its effect on the Big Mac.
- Native Americans once used the fruit to make pemmican, a type of meat jerky.
- Jerome nodded, taking a long strip of jerky from his plate.
- We climbed up and Nick took two bottles of soda and a bag of beef jerky from his secret stash.
- There is also a small selection entitled ‘for the gastronome’, proffering beef jerky, buffalo cheese and a French cheese platter.
- Powell looked like a ‘stick of beef jerky adorned with whiskers’, and the fundamentally unsuitable boats the men used were ‘walnut shells’.
- Then she added some jerky for meat, and some dried vegetables.
- Dante took a slice of beef jerky that was in his pocket and gave it to the boy.
- The money must be paid in cash, to each person in refugee camps as they line up for their daily cup of dirty water and dried beef jerky.
- The younger girl had fallen asleep, curled up in her blanket and still clutching the strip of beef jerky.
- The slices of deep red sausage had the pungent flavour of barbecued pork, quite similar to a sweet beef jerky.
- They each got two strips of jerky for meals, each about as long as a man's hand and as thick as two fingers.
- I've let this old carcass get as stiff as beef jerky on a cold winter morning.
- If you go to their site, they seem to be interested not so much in flying stuff to the moon but in selling beef jerky.
- I almost added beef jerky, but that was just too costly.
- We saw strips of deep red beef jerky, sheets of golden-colored glucose that looked like glass, orange rind and salmon skin.
- Maybe you'll even have some change left over for a candy bar or a pack of beef jerky.
Origin Mid 19th century: from American Spanish charqui, from Quechua. adjectiveˈjərkēˈdʒərki 1Characterized by abrupt stops and starts. shallow, jerky, irregular breathing Example sentencesExamples - They arrived with a jerky stop and they left the train together.
- Ever so gently, he rotated, making no jerky movements.
- His movements were jerky, nervous; he was almost running.
- The plane came to a jerky stop and the fasten seatbelt sign blinked off.
- Kayla followed suit, and the three of them rolled to a jerky stop at the foot of a skyscraper.
- The car squeaks to a halt and she glares at him because of his jerky stop.
- Dallas watched him closely, never missing even one of his jerky movements.
- She pulled to a jerky stop at the foot of the front stoop.
- The main symptoms are sudden, severe dizziness, partial deafness, sounds in the ear and jerky eye movements.
- Focus on keeping your movements smooth and fluid rather than abrupt and jerky.
- Their lips fail to synchronize with the dialogue, and their movements are jerky.
- His fingers walk across his chest, his head, like a bird, pans the ceiling with jerky stops and starts.
- He shook his head in small, terrified jerky movements.
- His jerky movements and sinister singing voice complement the familiar musical tunes, which are deliberately cheesy for comic effect.
- If not familiar with puppetry, you may wonder why the characters are making jerky movements.
- The battles are sometimes awkward with the jerky bugs stopping in place before being blasted into squiggles of DNA.
- They watched silently as the old plane lumbered over to gate 2, discharging a huge, billowing black cloud as it rolled to a jerky stop.
- Louise moves to the opening of the lounge, in stiff jerky movements as though hampered by the knitting of broken bones.
- Keep really tight to the pole and, without making huge jerky movements, pull yourself as far up it as possible.
- His jerky movements - if he wasn't a pop star you'd assume it was nerves - match his angular London accent when he talks.
Synonyms convulsive, spasmodic, fitful, twitchy, paroxysmal, shaking, shaky, tremulous, uncontrolled, uncontrollable jolting, lurching, bumpy, bouncy, jarring, rough 2US informal Contemptibly foolish. he makes mischief with his jerky pals Example sentencesExamples - Its so unfortunate that the other mothers are being so jerky and setting a poor example for their kids!
nounˈdʒərkiˈjərkē Meat that has been cured by being cut into long, thin strips and dried. Example sentencesExamples - Among the items for sale are beef jerky, Winchester ammunition, and nine kinds of chewing tobacco.
- The money must be paid in cash, to each person in refugee camps as they line up for their daily cup of dirty water and dried beef jerky.
- There is also a small selection entitled ‘for the gastronome’, proffering beef jerky, buffalo cheese and a French cheese platter.
- But, whatever harm Macscruby thinks our flag might do to his beef jerky, McDonald's had no misgivings on its effect on the Big Mac.
- Maybe you'll even have some change left over for a candy bar or a pack of beef jerky.
- She had shoulder-length gray hair and skin resembling beef jerky.
- The slices of deep red sausage had the pungent flavour of barbecued pork, quite similar to a sweet beef jerky.
- Then she added some jerky for meat, and some dried vegetables.
- We climbed up and Nick took two bottles of soda and a bag of beef jerky from his secret stash.
- Native Americans once used the fruit to make pemmican, a type of meat jerky.
- Jerome nodded, taking a long strip of jerky from his plate.
- Dante took a slice of beef jerky that was in his pocket and gave it to the boy.
- I almost added beef jerky, but that was just too costly.
- I've let this old carcass get as stiff as beef jerky on a cold winter morning.
- The younger girl had fallen asleep, curled up in her blanket and still clutching the strip of beef jerky.
- If you go to their site, they seem to be interested not so much in flying stuff to the moon but in selling beef jerky.
- Powell looked like a ‘stick of beef jerky adorned with whiskers’, and the fundamentally unsuitable boats the men used were ‘walnut shells’.
- The $5,000 also has gone toward buying things like beef jerky, anti-fungal foot cream and DVDs.
- We saw strips of deep red beef jerky, sheets of golden-colored glucose that looked like glass, orange rind and salmon skin.
- They each got two strips of jerky for meals, each about as long as a man's hand and as thick as two fingers.
Origin Mid 19th century: from American Spanish charqui, from Quechua. |