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jerkiness

jerkiness noun: the state or quality of being jerky (characterized by sudden uneven motion or progress).

Noun

jerkiness (countable and uncountable, plural jerkinesses)

  1. The state or quality of being jerky (characterized by sudden uneven motion or progress).
    • […] there was a good deal of jerkiness apparent in the motion of the car, especially when the wheels turned into the numerous ruts of the drive.1879, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter 1, in Daireen, volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 12
    • In 1900 Planck announced that radiant energy could only be propagated in tiny, indivisible bundles which he called quanta. Furthermore these bundles did not proceed through space continuously, but by jumps. It was not long before experimenters were finding this lumpiness and jerkiness everywhere.1933 September 11, “Maxwell-Quantum Theory”, in Time
  2. (informal) The behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).

Antonyms of jerkiness

Forms of jerkiness

pluraljerkinesses

Origin of jerkiness

From jerky + -ness.

Questions about jerkiness

What does jerkiness mean?
Jerkiness means the state or quality of being jerky (characterized by sudden uneven motion or progress).
What part of speech is jerkiness?
Jerkiness is a noun.
What is the plural of jerkiness?
The plural of jerkiness is jerkinesses.

Words near jerkiness in the dictionary

  1. jerkily
  2. jerkin
  3. jerkin the gherkin
  4. jerkin the gherkins
  5. jerkined
  6. jerkiness
  7. jerkinesses
  8. jerkinet
  9. jerkinets
  10. jerking
  11. jerking around

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