jerky
/ˈd͡ʒɝki/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.10 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "jerky flight"
- "jerky movement"
- "jerky sounds"
- "jerky guy"
- "jerky behaviour"
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English jerk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English jerky From jerk + -y.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒɝki/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒɜːki/
Usage
- American usage
- Colloquial
- Dated
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Transitive verb
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.