Characterized by physical jerking. / Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).

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

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

present participle of jerky

The state or quality of being jerky.

plural of jerky

plural of jerkiness

simple past tense and past participle of jerky

(Canada, US, informal) Having an irregular spasmodic movement.

Jerked meat of bovine origin.