From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
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