jerky(n = noun.food) jerk, jerked meat - meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun;
is a kind of meat
has particulars: beef jerky, biltong

1.  jerky(s = adj.all) arrhythmic, jerking - lacking a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat"
Derived forms noun jerk₂, noun jerkiness₁

2.  jerky(s = adj.all) choppy - marked by abrupt transitions; "choppy prose"

3.  jerky(s = adj.all) anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy - having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books"
Derived form noun jerk₁

1.  Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style. [1913 Webster]

2.  Foolish; ridiculous; stupid. [PJC]

   Meat, especially beef, that has been cut in strips and dried; meat that has been jerked; see first jerk, v.; as, beef jerky [PJC]

jerky, adj. (jerkier, jerkiest)
1 having sudden abrupt movements.
2 spasmodic.

Derivative:
jerkily adv. jerkiness n.

beef jerky