| ADJECTIVE | all | jerky, arrhythmic, jerking | lacking a steady rhythm |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | jerky, choppy | marked by abrupt transitions | |
| all | jerky, anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike | having or revealing stupidity | |
| NOUN | food | jerky, jerked meat, jerk | meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun |
| Sounds | jher'kiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy... | |
| Meaning | Lacking a steady rhythm. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | arrhythmic, jerking | |
| Broader | unsteady | subject to change or variation |
| Spanish | arrítmico, espasmódico | |
| Nouns | jerk | an abrupt spasmodic movement |
| jerkiness | the quality of being spasmodic and irregular | |
| Adverbs | jerkily | with spasms |
| Meaning | marked by abrupt transitions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | choppy | |
| Broader | sudden | happening / happening without warning or in a short space of time |
| Meaning | Having or revealing stupidity. | |
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| Synonyms | anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike | |
| Broader | stupid | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | bobo, estúpido, ridículo, tonto | |
| Catalan | estúpid, ridícul, tonto | |
| Nouns | jerk | a dull stupid fatuous person |
| Meaning | meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun. | |
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| Synonyms | jerked meat, jerk | |
| Narrower | beef jerky | strips of dried beef |
| biltong | meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun | |
| Broader | meat | The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food |
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