Definition of Jerky
1. Noun. Meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun.
2. Adjective. Lacking a steady rhythm. "An arrhythmic heartbeat"
Similar to: Unsteady
Derivative terms: Arrhythmia, Jerk, Jerkiness
3. Adjective. Marked by abrupt transitions. "Choppy prose"
4. Adjective. Having or revealing stupidity. "Some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Stupid
Derivative terms: Dope, Dope, Foolishness, Goose, Goose, Jerk
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
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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