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語源 1

From jerk +‎ -y.

形容詞

jerky (comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)

1. Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.

   Synonym: jittery

   jerky flight

   jerky movement

   jerky sounds

2. (US) Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).

   jerky guy

   jerky behaviour

派生語

語源 2

Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.

別の表記

• xarque (archaic)

名詞

jerky (countable and uncountable, plural jerkies)

1. Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

関連する語

• jerk
• jerked beef, beef jerky
• jerked meat

参考

• biltong
• Quechuan chunyu (freeze-dried potatoes)
• pemmican, pemican
• smoked meat
• smoker

動詞

jerky (third-person singular simple present jerkies, present participle jerkying, simple past and past participle jerkied)

1. (transitive) To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.

同意語

• (preserve meat by drying): jerk

派生語

• jerky up