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jerksome

jerksome adjective: indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.

Adjective (1)

jerksome (comparative more jerksome, superlative most jerksome)

  1. Indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.
    • With females jolting up and down, upon no springs — except those of jerksome curiosity — conduct of this character was rude in the extreme.1880, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale

Adjective (2)

jerksome (comparative more jerksome, superlative most jerksome)

  1. Characteristic of a jerk, or obnoxious person.
    • That was mighty jerksome of you.
    • From time to time, Ace will, in a jerksome way, monotonize the conversation with witticisms too humorous to mention.1977, The New Yorker, volume 53

Forms of jerksome

comparativemore jerksome
superlativemost jerksome

Origin of jerksome

From jerk + -some.

Questions about jerksome

What does jerksome mean?
Jerksome means indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.
What part of speech is jerksome?
Jerksome is an adjective.

Words near jerksome in the dictionary

  1. jerks one off
  2. jerks one out
  3. jerks over
  4. jerks the gherkin
  5. jerks up
  6. jerksome
  7. jerkum
  8. jerkwad
  9. jerkwads
  10. jerkwater
  11. jerkwater town

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