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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun;
[syn: jerky, jerked meat, jerk]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. lacking a steady rhythm;
- Example: "an arrhythmic heartbeat"
[syn: arrhythmic, jerking, jerky]

2. marked by abrupt transitions;
- Example: "choppy prose"
[syn: choppy, jerky]

3. having or revealing stupidity;
- Example: "ridiculous anserine behavior"
- Example: "a dopey answer"
- Example: "a dopey kid"
- Example: "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books";
[syn: anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

jerky \jerk"y\, a.
   1. Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt
      transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Foolish; ridiculous; stupid. [slang]
      [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

jerky \jerk"y\, n. [Corrupted from Peruv. charqui dried beef.]
   Meat, especially beef, that has been cut in strips and dried;
   meat that has been jerked; see first jerk, v.; as, beef
   jerky
   [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jerky
    adj 1: lacking a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat" [syn:
           arrhythmic, jerking, jerky]
    2: marked by abrupt transitions; "choppy prose" [syn: choppy,
       jerky]
    3: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine
       behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea
       about rewriting authors' books" [syn: anserine, dopy,
       dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky]
    n 1: meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
         [syn: jerky, jerked meat, jerk]