herky-jerky
adj/ˈhəːkiˌd͡ʒəːki/UK/ˈhɚkiˌd͡ʒɚki/US
Definitions
Having an irregular spasmodic movement.
- While all that herky-jerky mathcore in your collection might not fit the bill, put some Portishead on your Pod and the attached OhMiBod will respond rhythmically in kind.
- Lynn has learned the herky-jerky schedule of the university. She has learned about me, and how I respond to its quirks—like a river flowing with hiccups.
- The resulting battlefield is a surface of rough textures, lumbering machines, and brutalist geometric lines, broken up only by the movement of the Mimics, whose herky-jerky darting resembles sped-up stop-motion.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for herky-jerky. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA