jerky
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ki
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Adjective
jerky (comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)
- Characterized by physical jerking.
[edit] Translations
characterized by physical jerking
[edit] Etymology 2
From Quechuan charqui (“sun-dried or air-dried strips of meat”)
[edit] Noun
jerky (countable and uncountable; plural jerkies)
- Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
[edit] Translations
Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun
