herky
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9.9
A person who moves awkwardly and often bumps into others
- noun
- Offensive
:
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- Probably germs or, you know, but or, or herky jerky Uber drivers.
- herky-jerky
- herky-jerk
Examples
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Now, the weatherman pointed at a map where wispy clouds repeated their herky-jerky routes across the sky.
Fiction book (2002) -
His herky movements made it difficult for him to navigate the crowded room.
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I tried to ignore the herky behavior of my classmate, but it was hard to focus.
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Everyone laughed at her herky attempts to dance at the party.
Synonyms
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9.9
A person who acts cheeky and tries to be clever in a way that annoys others
is sudden and awkward in actions, often inconsiderate rather than verbally cheeky
Antonyms
How Considerate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Herky as a noun comes from the same idea in herky-jerky and works like calling someone a jerk, which is a person who is 'rude or thoughtless'. So a herky is someone who acts in sudden, awkward, or inconsiderate ways.