jerky

5 definitions • 5 examples

meat that has been cut into long, thin strips and dried :

beef jerky

quick and sudden:

The disease causes sudden jerky movements of the hands and legs.

not smooth and pleasant:

I enjoyed the concert, although the playing was kind of jerky at times.

strips of dried, salty meat:

beef jerky

of, relating to, or being a short, sudden movement or someone or something moving in this way:

The film had jerky, Chaplinesque motion, and the audio was out of sync with the video.