"jerky" in the noun sense
1. jerky, jerked meat, jerk
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
"jerky" in the adjective sense
1. arrhythmic, jerking, jerky
lacking a steady rhythm
"an arrhythmic heartbeat"
2. choppy, jerky
marked by abrupt transitions
"choppy prose"
3. 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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