jerky

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝki/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki

Etymology 1

From jerk +‎ -y.

Adjective

jerky (comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)

1. Characterized by physical jerking.

   jerky flight

   jerky movement

   jerky sounds

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

   jerky guy

   jerky behaviour

Derived terms

• herky-jerky
• jerkily
• jerkiness
• knee-jerky

Translations

characterized by physical jerking

Bulgarian: рязък (bg) (rjazǎk), внезапен (bg) (vnezapen) Czech: trhavý m French: saccadée (fr) f, saccadé (fr) m Georgian: ჯაყჯაყა (ǯaq̇ǯaq̇a), დანჯღრეული (danǯɣreuli) German: zuckend (de) Italian: accidentato (it) Russian: тря́ский (ru) (trjáskij) (bumpy, shaky), отры́вистый (ru) (otrývistyj) (brisk, snatchy)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.

Alternative forms

• xarque (archaic)

Noun

jerky (countable and uncountable, plural jerkies)

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

Related terms

• jerk
• jerked beef, beef jerky
• jerked meat

Translations

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

Afrikaans: biltong (af) Arabic: قَدِيد m (qadīd) Arapaho: ho'ouw Azerbaijani: qaxac Bulgarian: пастърма m (pastǎrma) Carrier: Southern Carrier: ’ut̲s̲ungi Chinese: Cantonese: 肉乾 / 肉干 (juk6 gon1) Mandarin: 肉乾 / 肉干 (zh) (ròugān) Comanche: inapʉ Crow: baaliishé Finnish: kuivaliha (fi) French: charqui m, jerky (fr) m Galician: chacina (gl) f Georgian: ჯერკი (ǯerḳi) German: Trockenfleisch (de) n Greek: Ancient: τάριχος n (tárikhos) Hunsrik: Scharke m Japanese: ジャーキー (jākī) Kansa: tá dats'èga Khmer: សាច់ងៀត (sacngiət) Korean: 저키 (jeoki), 육포 (yukpo) Lao: ຊີ້ນສະຫວັນ (sīn sa huan) Latin: salsāmen n Mohawk: ka’wahrathá:ton Navajo: ałkʼíniilgizh Ojibwe: gaaski-wiiyaas Omaha-Ponca: ta Portuguese: charque (pt) Russian: вя́леное мя́со n (vjálenoje mjáso), дже́рки (ru) m or n (džérki) Seneca: ga’wà:tá’döh Spanish: charqui (es) m, cábano m (Colombia), charque (es) m, cecina (es) f, chacina f, tasajo (es) m Tagalog: lukba Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: pastırma (tr), kuru et Unami: pxàshikàn Yiddish: דאַרפֿלייש (darfleysh)

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)

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

Synonyms

• (preserve meat by drying): jerk

Derived terms

• jerky up