Jerky
tersentak-sentak
definition
noun
beef jerky
meat that has been cured by being cut into long, thin strips and dried.
adjective
shallow, jerky, irregular breathing
characterized by abrupt stops and starts.
he makes mischief with his jerky pals
contemptibly foolish.
example
They watched silently as the old plane lumbered over to gate 2, discharging a huge, billowing black cloud as it rolled to a 'jerky' stop.
If not familiar with puppetry, you may wonder why the characters are making 'jerky' movements.
Dante took a slice of beef 'jerky' that was in his pocket and gave it to the boy.
Powell looked like a ‘stick of beef 'jerky' adorned with whiskers’, and the fundamentally unsuitable boats the men used were ‘walnut shells’.
Native Americans once used the fruit to make pemmican, a type of meat 'jerky' .
beef 'jerky'
The main symptoms are sudden, severe dizziness, partial deafness, sounds in the ear and 'jerky' eye movements.
She had shoulder-length gray hair and skin resembling beef 'jerky' .
But, whatever harm Macscruby thinks our flag might do to his beef 'jerky' , McDonald's had no misgivings on its effect on the Big Mac.
Ever so gently, he rotated, making no 'jerky' movements.
We saw strips of deep red beef 'jerky' , sheets of golden-colored glucose that looked like glass, orange rind and salmon skin.
Keep really tight to the pole and, without making huge 'jerky' movements, pull yourself as far up it as possible.
Jerome nodded, taking a long strip of 'jerky' from his plate.
If you go to their site, they seem to be interested not so much in flying stuff to the moon but in selling beef 'jerky' .
Louise moves to the opening of the lounge, in stiff 'jerky' movements as though hampered by the knitting of broken bones.
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I've let this old carcass get as stiff as beef 'jerky' on a cold winter morning.
Dallas watched him closely, never missing even one of his 'jerky' movements.
They each got two strips of 'jerky' for meals, each about as long as a man's hand and as thick as two fingers.
Kayla followed suit, and the three of them rolled to a 'jerky' stop at the foot of a skyscraper.
We climbed up and Nick took two bottles of soda and a bag of beef 'jerky' from his secret stash.
I almost added beef 'jerky' , but that was just too costly.
Maybe you'll even have some change left over for a candy bar or a pack of beef 'jerky' .
His fingers walk across his chest, his head, like a bird, pans the ceiling with 'jerky' stops and starts.
She pulled to a 'jerky' stop at the foot of the front stoop.
His 'jerky' movements - if he wasn't a pop star you'd assume it was nerves - match his angular London accent when he talks.
He shook his head in small, terrified 'jerky' movements.
They arrived with a 'jerky' stop and they left the train together.
The plane came to a 'jerky' stop and the fasten seatbelt sign blinked off.
Then she added some 'jerky' for meat, and some dried vegetables.
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