jerky

1. 1.

   meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

   Synonymsjerked meatjerk

   Broadermeat

   Narrowerbeef jerkybiltong

Other forms of jerky

plural

jerkies·

comparative or superlative

jerkier

comparative or superlative

jerkiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jerky

What does jerky mean?

jerky means "lacking a steady rhythm". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jerky?

jerky has 2 syllables: jer-ky. The stress falls on "jer". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɝki/.

What is another word for jerky?

Close synonyms include arrhythmic, jerking, choppy, anserine, dopy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jerky a common word?

jerky is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.