jerky

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝki/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki

Etymology 1

jerk +‎ -y

Adjective

jerky (comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)

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

Derived terms

• herky-jerky
• knee-jerky

 

Translations

characterized by physical jerking

• Bulgarian: рязък (bg) (rjazǎk), внезапен (bg) (vnezapen)
• Czech: trhavý m
• French: saccadée (fr) f, saccadé (fr) m
• Georgian: ჯაყჯაყა (ǯaq̇ǯaq̇a), დანჯღრეული (danǯɣreuli)
• German: zuckend (de)
• Italian: accidentato (it)
• Russian: тря́ский (ru) (trjáskij) (bumpy, shaky), отры́вистый (ru) (otrývistyj) (brisk, snatchy)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua ch'arki.

Alternative forms

• xarque (archaic)

Noun

jerky (countable and uncountable, plural jerkies)

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

Related terms

• jerk
• jerked beef, beef jerky
• jerked meat

Translations

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

• Afrikaans: biltong (af)
• Arabic: قَدِيد m (qadīd)
• Arapaho: ho'ouw
• Bulgarian: пастърма m (pastǎrma)
• Carrier:

  Southern Carrier: ’ut̲s̲ungi

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 肉乾／肉干 (juk⁶ gon¹)

  Mandarin: 肉乾／肉干 (zh) (ròugān)

• Comanche: inapʉ
• Crow: baaliishé
• Delaware:

  Unami: pxàshikàn

• Finnish: kuivaliha (fi)
• French: charqui m, jerky (fr) m
• Galician: chacina (gl) f
• Georgian: ჯერკი (ǯerḳi)
• German: Trockenfleisch n
• Greek:

  Ancient: τάριχος n (tárikhos)

• Hunsrik: Scharke m
• Japanese: ジャーキー (jākī)
• Kansa: tá dats'èga
• Khmer: សាច់ងៀត (sacngiət)
• Korean: 저키 (jeoki), 육포 (yukpo)
• Lao: ຊີ້ນສະຫວັນ (sīn sa wan)
• Latin: salsāmen n
• Mohawk: ka’wahrathá:ton
• Navajo: ałkʼíniilgizh
• Ojibwe: gaaski-wiiyaas
• Omaha-Ponca: ta
• Portuguese: charque (pt)
• Russian: вя́леное мя́со n (vjálenoje mjáso), дже́рки (ru) m or n (džérki)
• Seneca: ga’wà:tá’döh
• Spanish: charqui (es)
• Tagalog: lukba
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: pastırma (tr), kuru et
• Yiddish: דאַרפֿלייש (darfleysh)

See also

• biltong
• Quechuan chunyu (freeze-dried potatoes)
• pemmican, pemican
• smoked meat
• smoker

Verb

jerky (third-person singular simple present jerkies, present participle jerkying, simple past and past participle jerkied)

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

Synonyms

• (preserve meat by drying): jerk