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jerky1 /ˈdʒəːki /adjective (jerkier, jerkiest)Characterized by abrupt stops and starts: the coach drew to a jerky halt...- The car squeaks to a halt and she glares at him because of his jerky stop.
- 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.
Synonyms convulsive, spasmodic, fitful, twitchy, paroxysmal, shaking, shaky, tremulous, uncontrolled, uncontrollable jolting, lurching, bumpy, bouncy, jarring, rough rare jouncing Derivatives jerkily /ˈdʒəːkɪli / adverb ...- As he moved jerkily towards the water, Slocum thought to herself: ‘He resembles a frog.’
- The one grasped the other's arm and jerkily pulled her away from me.
- I uttered a strangled yelp of sheer terror, as the unidentified floating object moved jerkily toward me.
jerkiness noun ...- I thanked him with a smile and eye contact - a brusque dismissive thanks would have compounded my jerkiness - and went to Polo.
- Epic theater proceeds through an accumulation of gests, resulting in a calculated jerkiness.
- But that means there's still that giveaway jerkiness of movement.
Rhymes herky-jerky, mirky, murky, perky, quirky, smirky, turkey jerky2 /ˈdʒəːki /noun [mass noun]Meat that has been cured by being cut into long, thin strips 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.
- We saw strips of deep red beef jerky, sheets of golden-colored glucose that looked like glass, orange rind and salmon skin.
Origin Mid 19th century: from American Spanish charqui, from Quechua. |