Meaning

1 senses

  1. To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.

Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.

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Forms

jerkies, jerkying, jerkied, jerkied

regular · Lesson

Base formjerky · to jerky
3rd person singularjerkies
Present participlejerkying
Past simplejerkied
Past participlejerkied

Tenses

jerky · jerkied · will jerky · have jerkied

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjerky
he, she, itjerkies

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jerkied
he, she, ithas jerkied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jerky

Past simpleLesson

all personsjerkied

Synonyms

1 synonyms
jerk

Word family

1 related words
Derivedjerky up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jeopardyjerboajerkjerseyC1jessiejest

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