Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈd͡ʒɜːki/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈd͡ʒɝki/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Adjective
Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
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jerky flight
jerky movement
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jerky sounds
Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).
Usage- US usage
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jerky guy
jerky behaviour
Anxious; jumpy.
Usage- Colloquial
- Dated
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Marrabel found an ideal crevice for his loot: tight, hidden, accessible. […] His only desire was to recover the coin and get away. But the lady seemed set here, and Marrabel, ignorant of her intentions, made his first bad move. He claimed the chair, fully expecting to be given it at once. […] In strictly feminine terms she told him to go to the devil, and Marrabel, now beginning to feel jerky, veered off.
Noun
Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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Verb
To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.
Usage- Transitive
Adjective
lacking a steady rhythm
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an arrhythmic heartbeat
marked by abrupt transitions
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choppy prose
having or revealing stupidity
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ridiculous anserine behavior
a dopey answer
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a dopey kid
some fool idea about rewriting authors' books
Noun
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
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