jerk
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6.8
- noun
- /dʒɜrk/
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carne seca
- Adam, the Soda Jerk, and fifteen followers hurriedly unload the truck, taking provisions into the back door of the malt shop.
Examples
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Beefy Jerk #2
Fiction book (1999) -
You can find jerk pork served with rice and peas at many Jamaican restaurants.
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OK, root beer, jerk powder or seasoning of some kind.
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The chef prepared a spicy jerk chicken dish that delighted everyone at the party.
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At the festival, vendors sold delicious jerk beef that was marinated for hours.
Synonyms
30
3.7
Thin strips of dried meat eaten as a snack
20
2.0
A snack of dried salty beef strips
Meat cut into thin strips and dried to keep it for a long time
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.1
A weightlifting move where you lift a heavy bar to your shoulders then push it above your head
- Specialized
1
3.9
A sudden automatic kick of the lower leg when the tendon below the kneecap is tapped
Surface Forms
Etymology
The food word jerk comes from a South American word ch'arki, meaning 'dried meat', which became Spanish charqui and English jerky, so jerk originally meant strips of meat dried to last.