meat, esp. beef, that has been sliced into strips and dried
Origin of jerky; from Spanish charqui ; from Quechua
- Characterized by jerks or jerking: a jerky train ride.
- Slang Foolish; silly: jerky ideas about saving money.
Meat cured by jerking. Also called charqui.
Origin of jerkyAlteration of charqui.
(comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)
- Characterized by physical jerking.
(countable and uncountable, plural jerkies)
- Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.