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Definitions for jerky
ˈdʒɜr kijerky

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jerky, jerked meat, jerkadjective

    meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

  2. arrhythmic, jerking, jerkyadjective

    lacking a steady rhythm

    "an arrhythmic heartbeat"

  3. choppy, jerkyadjective

    marked by abrupt transitions

    "choppy prose"

  4. anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerkyadjective

    having or revealing stupidity

    "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"

GCIDE

  1. jerkynoun

    Meat, especially beef, that has been cut in strips and dried; meat that has been jerked; see first jerk, v.; as, beef jerky

Wiktionary

  1. jerkynoun

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

  2. jerkyadjective

    Characterized by physical jerking.

Wikipedia

  1. Jerky

    Jerky is lean trimmed meat cut into strips and dried (dehydrated) to prevent spoilage. Normally, this drying includes the addition of salt to prevent bacteria growth before the meat has finished the dehydrating process. The word "jerky" derives from the Quechua word ch'arki which means "dried, salted meat". All that is needed to produce basic "jerky" is a low-temperature drying method, and salt to inhibit bacterial growth. Modern manufactured jerky is often marinated, prepared with a seasoned spice rub or liquid, or smoked with low heat (usually under 70 °C/160 °F). Store-bought jerky commonly includes sweeteners such as brown sugar. Jerky is ready-to-eat, needs no additional preparation and can be stored for months without refrigeration. To ensure maximum shelf-life, a proper protein-to-moisture content is required in the final cured product.Many products which are sold as jerky consist of highly processed, chopped and formed meat rather than traditional sliced whole-muscle meat. These products may contain more fat, but moisture content, as in the whole-muscle product, must meet a 0.75 to 1 moisture-to protein ratio in the US. Chemical preservatives can prevent oxidative spoilage, but the moisture-to-protein ratio prevents microbial spoilage by low water activity. Some jerky products are very high in sugar and therefore taste very sweet – unlike biltong, which rarely contains added sugars.

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  1. jerky

    Jerky is a type of meat snack that has been cured or dehydrated to prevent spoilage. Normally, this drying includes the use of salt, and in some cases, sugar, to remove moisture and add flavor. The word "jerky" comes from a Native American tribe's word 'charqui', which means dried meat. It can be made from a variety of meats including beef, pork, chicken, or even fish.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jerkyadjective

    moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style

  2. Etymology: [Corrupted from Peruv. charqui dried beef.]

Wikidata

  1. Jerky

    Jerky is lean meat that has been trimmed of fat, cut into strips, and then dried to prevent spoilage. Normally, this drying includes the addition of salt, to prevent bacteria from developing on the meat before sufficient moisture has been removed. The word "jerky" is derived from the Spanish word charqui which is from the Quechua word ch'arki. which means to burn. All that is needed to produce basic "jerky" is a low-temperature drying method, and salt to inhibit bacterial growth. Modern manufactured jerky is normally marinated in a seasoned spice rub or liquid, and dried, dehydrated or smoked with low heat. Some makers still use just salt and sun-dry fresh sliced meat to make jerky. Some product manufacturers finely grind meat, mix in seasonings, and press the meat-paste into flat shapes prior to drying. The resulting jerky from the above methods would be a salty and/or savory snack. However, often a sweet or semi-sweet recipe is used, with sugar being a major ingredient. Jerky is ready-to-eat and needs no additional preparation. It can be stored for months without refrigeration. When the protein to moisture content ratio is correct, the resulting meat is cured, or preserved.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jerky in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jerky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of jerky in a Sentence

  1. Robert Hamilton:

    Everything you do is very gentle, you don’t want to do jerky motions ever.

  2. Peter Jackson:

    All these cliché, black and white, jerky kind of figures that we don't pay much attention to anymore... it suddenly turns them into human beings.

  3. Patrick Markey:

    The general story is people who play video games right after might be a little hopped up and jerky but it doesnt fundamentally alter who they are, it is like going to see a sad movie. It might make you cry but it doesnt make you clinically depressed.

  4. Jeremy Barr:

    I was happy that we were able to achieve what I think both Dean and A.G. really wanted to achieve, which was a really sort of intentional transition process that allowed me, but also a team of people who will now move into fresh positions in newsroom leadership, to really have time to work closely together, so many transitions in the past, in fact the majority of them, have taken place in a somewhat herky-jerky or unexpected way, where something happens, somebody departs suddenly, someone is dismissed from the job.

  5. Joseph Madalon:

    His skin had fallen off his body. There were huge chunks of skin on the sauna floor. He literally looked like jerky.

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