jerky

  • 31jerky — I. adjective (jerkier; est) Date: 1670 1. a. moving along with or marked by fits and starts b. characterized by abrupt transitions 2. inane, foolish • jerkily adverb • jerkiness noun …

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  • 32jerky — jerky1 jerkily, adv. jerkiness, n. /jerr kee/, adj., jerkier, jerkiest. 1. characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic. 2. Slang. silly; foolish; stupid; ridiculous. [1855 60; JERK1 + Y1] …

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  • 33jerky — 1. adjective Characterized by physical jerking. 2. noun Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air drying in the sun …

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  • 34jerky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. spasmodic, twitching, spastic. See agitation. Ant., smooth. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Slang. So senseless as to be laughable: absurd, foolish, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, insane,… …

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  • 35jerky — jerk·y || dÊ’Éœrkɪ / dʒɜːkɪ n. strips of beef or other meat which have been preserved by drying in the sun adj. tending to move in fits and starts, characterized by sharp sudden movements; stupid, idiotic (Slang) …

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  • 36jerky — jerky1 adjective (jerkier, jerkiest) characterized by abrupt stops and starts. Derivatives jerkily adverb jerkiness noun jerky2 noun strips of jerked meat …

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  • 37jerky — adj 1. spasmodic, palsylike, palsied, uncontrolled, out of control, Pathol. spastic; convulsive, fitful, shaking, tremulous, tremulant. 2. jolty, jouncing, joggling, jogging, stop and go; shaky, bumpy, bouncy, rough …

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  • 38jerky — I jerk•y [[t]ˈdʒɜr ki[/t]] adj. jerk•i•er, jerk•i•est 1) characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic 2) sts Slang. silly; foolish; stupid; ridiculous • Etymology: 1855–60 jerk′i•ly, adv. jerk′i•ness, n. II jer•ky [[t]ˈdʒɜr ki[/t]] n. coo… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 39jerky — I. /ˈdʒɜki/ (say jerkee) adjective (jerkier, jerkiest) characterised by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic. {jerk1 + y1} –jerkily, adverb –jerkiness, noun II. /ˈdʒɜki/ (say jerkee) …

  • 40jerky — вяленый …

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