jerky
30
3.7
- noun
- /ˈdʒɜrki/
:
carne seca
- After the game, I enjoyed munching on some spicy jerky to satisfy my hunger.
- beef jerky
And so the jerky that we make is grass fed beef, vinegar and salt.
- And so the jerky that we make is grass fed beef, vinegar and salt.
- I found that that jerky is like, sometimes dry or tough.
- he comes right in and breaks out his beef jerky and starts to give it out.
- Razors, cheese, beer, cigars, jerky, soup, pickle, olive, peanut butter.
- Ripped beef jerky, those fibers, those white kind of fibers.
- Beef jerky, chocolate covered beef jerky made me halfway made me halfway.
- It is time for Drew's News, your daily chew on the old good news jerky.
Examples
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If Grandma offers you jerky or chitlings, say no.
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A bag of chips or some beef jerky will do me fine.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's called beef jerky, so you have to go try it out.
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Did he also show you how to make that delicious jerky?
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Luke wrapped the remaining jerky and put it back in his pocket.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'd like some beef jerky and a Diet Coke.
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And so the jerky that we make is grass fed beef, vinegar and salt.
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Take simple foods like trail mix, granola bars, beef jerky, and dried fruit.
Academic text (1995) -
I packed some beef jerky for our hiking trip because it's a great portable snack.
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He offered me a piece of smoked jerky to try, and it had a rich flavor.
Synonyms
20
2.0
A snack of dried salty beef strips
1
6.8
Dry strips of meat, often salted for long storage
Meat cut into thin strips and dried to keep it for a long time
Compounds
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Etymology
Jerky for dried meat comes from a South American word ch'arki meaning 'dried meat', which passed into Spanish as charqui and then into English. That's why jerky is strips of meat dried to keep for a long time.