jerky
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
Types & categories
- meat hypernym
- beef jerky hyponym
- biltong hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
lacking a steady rhythm
an arrhythmic heartbeat
Related & opposite
- jerking derivation
- fitfulness derivation
- cardiac arrhythmia derivation
- unsteady similar to
Sense 3 adjective
marked by abrupt transitions
choppy prose
Related & opposite
- sudden similar to
Sense 4 adjective
having or revealing stupidity
ridiculous anserine behavior
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | meat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beef jerky |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | biltong |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jerking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fitfulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cardiac arrhythmia |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unsteady |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | sudden |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | folly |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | booby |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cuckoo |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | jerk |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | stupid |