jerky
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Adjective edit
jerky (comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)
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characterized by physical jerking
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua ch'arki.
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Noun edit
jerky (countable and uncountable, plural jerkies)
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Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun
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Verb edit
jerky (third-person singular simple present jerkies, present participle jerkying, simple past and past participle jerkied)
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- (preserve meat by drying): jerk