Meaning & use
Jerked
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Moved with a sudden, sharp motion; also, cured meat by cutting it into strips and drying it, as in "jerked beef."
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The car jerked to a stop just before the intersection.
The chef jerked the chicken with a spicy Caribbean marinade before grilling it.
A note on using this word
The culinary sense of "jerked," as in jerk chicken, comes from Jamaican cuisine and a different word origin (from Quechua "charqui") than the "sudden movement" sense.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Describing meat seasoned with a spicy Caribbean marinade and traditionally smoked or grilled.
They ordered jerked pork with rice and beans at the food stall.
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