1. (

• jerky ,
• jerked_meat ,
• jerk

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

1. (

• arrhythmic ,
• jerking ,
• jerky

) lacking a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat" ;

2. (

• choppy ,
• jerky

) marked by abrupt transitions; "choppy prose" ;

3. (

• anserine ,
• dopy ,
• dopey ,
• foolish ,
• goosey ,
• goosy ,
• gooselike ,
• jerky

) having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" ;