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1. (adj.) jerky
characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
2. jerky
Slang. silly; foolish; stupid; ridiculous.
3. (n.) jerky
jerked meat.
Etymology: (1840–50; < AmerSp charqui)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) jerky, jerked meat, jerk
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
2. (adj) arrhythmic, jerking, jerky
lacking a steady rhythm
"an arrhythmic heartbeat"
3. (adj) choppy, jerky
marked by abrupt transitions
"choppy prose"
4. (adj) anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky
having or revealing stupidity
"ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
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1. (adjective) jerky
stopping and starting with forceful movements
He walked in an odd jerky way.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Jerky
moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style
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Sense: jerking; full of jerks
a jerky movement; a jerky way of speaking.
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 Afrikaans: hortend |
 Arabic: كثير الرجْرَجات، بصوتٍ مُ |
 Bulgarian: отривист |
 Brazilian: sacudido |
 Czech: trhavý |
 German: ruckartig |
 Danish: stødvis |
 Greek: απότομος, γεμάτος τραντάγ |
 Spanish: espasmódico |
 Estonian: katkendlik |
 Farsi: وابسته به حرکت ناگهانی؛ ل |
 Finnish: nykivä |
 French: saccadé |
 Hebrew: קוֹפצָנִי |
 Hindi: झटके के साथ |
 Croatian: otresit |
 Hungarian: szaggatott |
 Indonesian: tersendat-sendat |
 Icelandic: (sk)rykkjóttur |
 Italian: convulso, a scatti |
 Japanese: ぴくぴくした |
 Korean: 홱 움직이는 |
 Lithuanian: trūkčiojantis, su pertrūk |
 Latvian: saraustīts |
 Malay: tersentak-sentak; kekok |
 Dutch: hortend |
 Norwegian: rykkevis, støtvis |
 Polish: szarpany, urywany |
 Persian: وابسته به حرکت ناگهانی؛ ل |
 Pashto: ټكانى، خوځند |
 Portuguese: sacudido |
 Romanian: sacadat |
 Russian: отрывистый |
 Slovak: trhaný |
 Slovenian: sunkovit |
 Serbian: trzavo |
 Swedish: ryckig, stötig |
 Thai: กระตุก |
 Turkish: sarsıntılı, silkintili |
 Taiwanese: 猝然的，冷不防的 |
 Ukrainian: уривчастий; рвучкий |
 Urdu: جھٹکے دار |
 Vietnamese: giật giật; nhát ngừng |
 Chinese: 急动的 |
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