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Definition of Jerky

1. Adjective. Lacking a steady rhythm. "An arrhythmic heartbeat"

2. Noun. Meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun.

3. Adjective. Marked by abrupt transitions. "Choppy prose"

4. Adjective. Having or revealing stupidity. "Some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"

Definition of Jerky

1. a. Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.

Definition of Jerky

1. Adjective. Characterized by physical jerking. ¹

2. Noun. Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jerky

1. characterized by jerking movements [adj JERKIER, JERKIEST] : JERKILY [adv] / dried meat [n -KIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerky

jerkinheads jerkins jerkish jerklike jerkoffs jerks jerks off jerksome jerkwad jerkwads

jerkwater jerkwater town jerkwater towns jerkwaters jerky (current term) jerky nystagmus jerky respiration jermoonal jeroboam jeroboams

jeromite jeropiga jeropigas jerque jerqued jerquer jerquers jerques jerquing

Literary usage of Jerky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical diagnosis: A Manual of Clinical Methods by John James Graham Brown (1884)
"jerky Breathing.—In nervous persons, and particularly in hysterical women, the inspiratory ... This jerky breathing, which is heard over the whole lungs, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... jerky movements with a tendency to ; simultaneously with the muscular jerk. rticles, due to a relaxation of grasp oc- s, depression, ..."

3. Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica (ninth Edition): A Dictionary of Arts (1891)
"When about opposite the shoulder, the elbow is bent in toward and across the chest, at the same time sharply bending the wrist and making a sudden jerky ..."

4. Armature Winding and Motor Repair: Practical Information and Data Covering by Daniel Harvey Braymer (1920)
"jerky Operation of New Commutator Traced to Burred Commutator Bars.—In some instances where it has been necessary to temporarily reduce the speed of a ..."

5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1884)
"... respirations 42 per minute, hurried, shallow, and jerky. NEW YORK PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Slated Meeting, February 13, 1884. GEORGE F. SHRADY, MD, ..."

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