Etymology tree
English jerk
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English jerky
From jerk + -y.
Meanings
Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
jerky sounds
jerky flight
jerky movement
(US) Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).
jerky behaviour
jerky guy
(colloquial, dated) Anxious; jumpy.
Marrabel found an ideal crevice for his loot: tight, hidden, accessible. […] His only desire was to recover the coin and get away. But the lady seemed set here, and Marrabel, ignorant of her intentions, made his first bad move. He claimed the chair, fully expecting to be given it at once. […] In strictly feminine terms she told him to go to the devil, and Marrabel, now beginning to feel jerky, veered off. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
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