HERKY-JERKY

Meaning of HERKY-JERKY in English

[ 'hə:kɪˌdʒə:ki ]

■ adjective N. Amer. informal moving in sudden stops and starts.

Origin

1980s: reduplication of jerky .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

HERKY-JERKY — adjective Etymology: reduplication of jerky Date: 1957 characterized by sudden, irregular, or unpredictable movement or style
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HERKY-JERKY — ˈhərkēˈjərkē adjective Etymology: reduplication of jerky (I) : characterized by sudden, irregular, or unpredictable movement or style herky-jerky dancing a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HERKY-JERKY — /herr"kee jerr"kee/ , adj. progressing in a fitfully jerky or irregular manner: a herky-jerky home movie shown on an old …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HERKY-JERKY — adjective Etymology: reduplication of jerky Date: 1957 : characterized by sudden, irregular, or unpredictable movement or style
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HERKY-JERKY — [herky-jerky] adj [redupl. of jerky] (1957): characterized by sudden, irregular, or unpredictable movement or style
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HERKY-JERKY — Pronunciation: ' h ə r-k ē - ' j ə r-k ē Function: adjective Etymology: reduplication of jerky Date: 1957 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
JERKY — lugnoton
English-Visayan vocabulary
JERKY — I. adjective (jerkier; -est) Date: 1670 1. moving along with or marked by fits and starts, characterized by abrupt transitions, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JERKY — I. jerky ˈjərkē, ˈjə̄k-, ˈ-jə̇ik-, -ki adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: jerk (II) + -y 1. a. : moving along …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JERKY — (a.) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.
Английский словарь Webster
JERKY — ( a. ) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
JERKY — jerky 1 — jerkily , adv. — jerkiness , n. /jerr"kee/ , adj., jerkier, jerkiest . 1. characterized by jerks …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JERKY — adj. tending to move in fits and starts, characterized by sharp sudden movements; stupid, idiotic (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
JERKY — n. strips of beef or other meat which have been preserved by drying in the sun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
JERKY — I. jerky ˈjər-kē adjective ( jerk·i·er ; -est ) Date: 1670 1. a. : moving along with or marked by …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JERKY — adj moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.
Webster English vocab
JERKY — ~ 1 ■ adjective ( jerkier , jerkiest ) characterized by abrupt stops and starts. Derivatives jerkily adverb jerkiness noun …
Concise Oxford English vocab
JERKY — [jer.ky] n [Sp charqui, fr. Quechua ch'arki] (1850): jerked meat [2]jerky adj jerk.i.er ; -est (1858) 1 a: moving along …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
JERKY — jerk|y BrE AmE ˈdʒɜːk |i AmE ˈdʒɝːk |i ▷ jerk|ier i ə AmE i ə r ▷ jerk|iest i ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
JERKY — / ˈdʒɜːki; NAmE ˈdʒɜːrki/ adjective , noun ■ adjective making sudden starts and stops and not moving smoothly ► jerk·ily …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JERKY — I. jerk ‧ y 1 /ˈdʒɜːki $ -ɜːr-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ jerk 2 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JERKY — adj. (jerkier, jerkiest) 1 having sudden abrupt movements. 2 spasmodic. øøjerkily adv. jerkiness n.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
JERKY — ( jerkier, jerkiest) Jerky movements are very sudden and quick, and do not flow smoothly. Mr Griffin made a jerky …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JERKY — (jerkier, jerkiest) Jerky movements are very sudden and quick, and do not flow smoothly. Mr Griffin made a ~ gesture. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
JERKY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a jerky movement (= with many starts and stops ) ▪ the jerky movements of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JERKY — [noun] [U] US - meat that has been cut into long thin strips and dried in the sunBeef jerky is …
Cambridge English vocab
JERKY — Synonyms and related words : aspic, barbecue, beef, beef extract, beef tea, boiled meat, bouilli, bouillon, broken, broken off, bully, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
JERKY — A person who drives too slow, or uses her brakes too much due to tailgating. Example: Hey, jerky, why don't …
Slang English vocab
JERKY — adj. Jerky is used with these nouns: ↑ motion , ↑ movement Jerky is used after these nouns: ↑ beef
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
JERKY — n. 25B6; adjective jerky movements : CONVULSIVE, spasmodic, fitful, twitchy, shaky. the coach drew to a jerky halt : JOLTING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
JERKY — I 1. прил. 1) двигающийся резкими толчками; тряский 2) отрывистый Syn : abrupt, staccato 3) толчкообразный 4) амер.; сл. нелепый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JERKY — _I 1. ʹdʒɜ:kı n амер. тряский безрессорный экипаж или вагон 2. ʹdʒɜ:kı a 1. двигающийся резкими толчками; тряский; порывистый jerky …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
JERKY — _I 1. ʹdʒɜ:kı n амер. тряский безрессорный экипаж или вагон 2. ʹdʒɜ:kı a 1. двигающийся резкими толчками; тряский; порывистый jerky …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
JERKY — I ['‹„°Ў] jerky.wav 1. прил. 1) двигающийся резкими толчками; тряский 2) отрывистый Syn: abrupt, staccato 3) толчкообразный 4) амер.; сл. нелепый 2. сущ.; амер. тряский безрессорный экипаж или вагон II …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
JERKY — вяленое мясо Говядина, нарезанная ломтиками, как правило с различными приправами, популярная готовая закуска [snack food]. тж beef jerky
JERKY — вяленое мясо Говядина, нарезанная ломтиками, как правило с различными приправами, популярная готовая закуска [snack food].Тж. beef jerky
JERKY — I 1. прил. 1) двигающийся резкими толчками; тряский 2) отрывистый Syn : abrupt, staccato 3) толчкообразный 4) амер.; сл. нелепый …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WOBBLY — Synonyms and related words : aspen, broken, capricious, careening, catchy, chattering, choppy, desultory, deviative, dickey, dilapidated, disconnected, discontinuous, doddering, eccentric, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAVERING — Synonyms and related words : adrift, aflicker, afloat, agnostic, alternating, alternation, ambiguous, amorphous, bickering, blinking, broken, capricious, capriciousness, careening, catchy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WANDERING
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
VEERING — Synonyms and related words : aberrant, aberrative, broken, capricious, careening, catchy, choppy, circuitous, departing, desultory, deviant, deviating, deviative, deviatory, devious, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
VARIABLE — Synonyms and related words : able to adapt, adaptable, adjustable, adrift, afloat, agnostic, alterable, alterative, alternating, ambiguous, amorphous, broken, capricious, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNSYSTEMATIC — Synonyms and related words : aimless, amorphous, broken, capricious, careening, casual, catchy, changeable, changing, choppy, desultory, deviating, deviative, deviatory, different, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNSTEADY — Synonyms and related words : adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, broken, canted, capricious, careening, catchy, changeable, changeful, changing, choppy, dancing, dangerous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNSETTLED
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNRHYTHMICAL — Synonyms and related words : broken, capricious, careening, catchy, choppy, desultory, deviative, disconnected, discontinuous, eccentric, erratic, fitful, flickering, fluctuating, guttering, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNMETHODICAL — Synonyms and related words : aimless, amorphous, broken, capricious, careening, casual, catchy, choppy, desultory, deviative, disarticulated, disconnected, discontinuous, disjunct, disordered, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNJOINED — Synonyms and related words : aimless, amorphous, apart, asunder, bipartite, broken, broken off, capricious, casual, chopped-off, choppy, decousu, desultory, dichotomous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNEVEN — Synonyms and related words : adulterated, asperous, asymmetric, blemished, broken, bumpy, capricious, careening, catchy, changeable, changing, choppy, coarse, coarse-grained, corrugated, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNEQUAL — Synonyms and related words : assorted, asymmetric, at odds, at variance, broken, capricious, careening, catchy, changeable, changing, choppy, contrary, contrasted, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNCONNECTED — Synonyms and related words : Greek to one, absonant, alien, aloof, ambiguous, apart, asunder, beyond understanding, bipartite, broken, broken off, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNCERTAIN — Synonyms and related words : Pyrrhonic, adrift, afloat, agnostic, alternating, ambiguous, ambitendent, ambivalent, amorphous, amphibological, amphibolous, at a loss, at …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SUSPENDED — Synonyms and related words : abeyant, apathetic, broken, broken off, cascading, cataleptic, catatonic, chopped-off, choppy, dangling, dead, decousu, dependent, depending, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STAGGERING — Synonyms and related words : amazing, ambling, ambulation, astonishing, astounding, backpacking, breathtaking, broken, capricious, careening, catchy, cautious, choppy, circumspect, claudicant, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPOTTY — Synonyms and related words : bad, bespangled, bespeckled, blotched, blotchy, brindled, broken, broken off, capricious, careening, catchy, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPORADIC — Synonyms and related words : aimless, amorphous, broadcast, broken, capricious, careening, casual, catching, catchy, chance, changeable, changing, choppy, communicable, contagious, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPASTIC — Synonyms and related words : apoplectic, arthritic, broken, capricious, careening, case, cataclysmic, catchy, choppy, consumptive, convulsive, desultory, deviative, disastrous, disconnected, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPASMODIC — Synonyms and related words : acute, adrift, afflictive, afloat, agonizing, aimless, alternating, amorphous, arrhythmic, atrocious, biting, broken, broken off, capricious, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCRAPPY — Synonyms and related words : aggressive, antagonistic, argumental, argumentative, arrested, battling, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brawling, broken, broken off, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ROUGH
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RAMBLING — Synonyms and related words : Greek to one, Wanderjahr, aberrancy, aberrant, aberration, aberrative, adrift, afloat, afoot and lighthearted, aimless, aimlessness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PATCHY — Synonyms and related words : adulterated, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, arrested, bespangled, blemished, blended, blotched, blotchy, broken, broken off, callow, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PARENTHETICAL — Synonyms and related words : accidental, adrift, beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question, broken, broken off, by-the-way, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

← HERITOR HERL→