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jerky up

jerky up verb: to turn (something) into jerky (dried meat).

Verb

jerky up (third-person singular simple present jerkies up, present participle jerkying up, simple past and past participle jerkied up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To turn (something) into jerky (dried meat).

Forms of jerky up

third-person singular presentjerkies up
present participlejerkying up
past participlejerkied up
pastjerkied up

Questions about jerky up

What does jerky up mean?
Jerky up means to turn (something) into jerky (dried meat).
What part of speech is jerky up?
Jerky up is a verb.
What is the past tense of jerky up?
The past tense of jerky up is jerkied up.

Words near jerky up in the dictionary

  1. jerkwater towns
  2. jerkwaters
  3. jerkweed
  4. jerkweeds
  5. jerky
  6. jerky up
  7. jerkying
  8. jerkying up
  9. Jermain
  10. Jermaine
  11. Jermann

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