After the apocalypse, Tom and Mary sold zombie jerky from a roadside stand.
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Jerky
//ˈd͡ʒɝki//
Synonyms for "jerky" (177 found)
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Strong matches (53)
Related words (88)
Adjective(1 words)
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4 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 37 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- biltong noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τάριχος noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Arabic
1 entries- قَدِيد noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Arapaho
1 entries- ho'ouw noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qaxac noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Bulgarian
3 entries- внезапен adj (characterized by physical jerking)
- рязък adj (characterized by physical jerking)
- пастърма noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 肉乾 /肉干 noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 肉乾 /肉干 noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Comanche
1 entries- inapʉ noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Crow
1 entries- baaliishé noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Czech
1 entries- trhavý adj (characterized by physical jerking)
Finnish
1 entries- kuivaliha noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
French
4 entries- saccadé adj (characterized by physical jerking)
- saccadée adj (characterized by physical jerking)
- charqui noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
- jerky noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Galician
1 entries- chacina noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Georgian
3 entries- დანჯღრეული adj (characterized by physical jerking)
- ჯაყჯაყა adj (characterized by physical jerking)
- ჯერკი noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
German
2 entries- zuckend adj (characterized by physical jerking)
- Trockenfleisch noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Scharke noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Italian
1 entries- accidentato adj (characterized by physical jerking)
Japanese
1 entries- ジャーキー noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Kansa
1 entries- tá dats'èga noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Khmer
1 entries- សាច់ងៀត noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Korean
2 entries- 육포 noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
- 저키 noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Lao
1 entries- ຊີ້ນສະຫວັນ noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Latin
1 entries- salsāmen noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Mohawk
1 entries- ka’wahrathá:ton noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Navajo
1 entries- ałkʼíniilgizh noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Ojibwe
1 entries- gaaski-wiiyaas noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Omaha-Ponca
1 entries- ta noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Portuguese
1 entries- charque noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Russian
4 entries- отры́вистый adj (characterized by physical jerking)
- тря́ский adj (characterized by physical jerking)
- вя́леное мя́со noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
- дже́рки noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Seneca
1 entries- ga’wà:tá’döh noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Southern Carrier
1 entries- ’ut̲s̲ungi noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Spanish
4 entries- cecina noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
- chacina noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
- charque noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
- charqui noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Tagalog
1 entries- lukba noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Turkish
2 entries- kuru et noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
- pastırma noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Unami
1 entries- pxàshikàn noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Yiddish
1 entries- דאַרפֿלייש noun (Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He spoke in little, sharp, jerky outbursts, and it seemed to me that to speak at all was very painful to him, and that his will all through was overriding his inclinations.
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Tom likes jerky.
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He likes jerky.
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