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jerkying

jerkying is the present participle and gerund of jerky.

Meaning of jerky

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.
    Synonyms:
    jerk

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Phrases with jerkying

Questions about jerkying

What is jerkying the present participle and gerund of?
Jerkying is the present participle and gerund of jerky.

Words near jerkying in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jerkying (page history and authors); jerky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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