jerky
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝki/
Audio (Berkshire) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki
Etymology 1
jerk + -y
Adjective
jerky (comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)
- Characterized by physical jerking.
- Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).
Translations
characterized by physical jerking
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua ch'arki.
Alternative forms
- xarque (archaic)
Noun
jerky (countable and uncountable, plural jerkies)
- Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
Derived terms
- jerk
- jerked beef
- jerked meat
Translations
Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun
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See also
- biltong
- Quechuan chunyu (freeze-dried potatoes)
- pemmican, pemican
- smoked meat
- smoker
Verb
jerky (third-person singular simple present jerkies, present participle jerkying, simple past and past participle jerkied)
- (transitive) To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.
Synonyms
- (preserve meat by drying): jerk