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Jerkiest vs Jerkies - What's the difference?
jerkiest
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jerkies
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As an adjective
jerkiest
is superlative of jerky.
As a noun
jerkies
is
plural of jerky.
jerkiest
English
Adjective
(
head
)
(
jerky
)
jerky
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(
er
)
Characterized by physical jerking.
Etymology 2
From (
etyl
) , through Spanish charqui.
Noun
Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
Derived terms
* jerk * jerked beef * jerked meat
See also
* air-dried * biltong * freeze dried * Quechuan
chunyu
(freeze-dried potatoes) * pemmican, pemican * smoked meat * smoker * sun dried
English terms with multiple etymologies
jerkies
English
Noun
(
head
)
