Overview of noun jerky

The noun jerky has 1 sense

• jerky, jerked meat, jerk -- (meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun)

Overview of adj jerky

The adj jerky has 3 senses

• arrhythmic, jerking, jerky -- (lacking a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat")


• choppy, jerky -- (marked by abrupt transitions; "choppy prose")


• 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")