jerky
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
jerky (comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
characterized by physical jerking
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Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua ch'arki.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
jerky (countable and uncountable, plural jerkies)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
jerky (third-person singular simple present jerkies, present participle jerkying, simple past and past participle jerkied)
Synonyms[edit]
- (preserve meat by drying): jerk
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