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/ˈhəːkiˌd͡ʒəːki/ · adjective
(Canada, US, informal) 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.
Use herky-jerky when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Herky-jerky means (Canada, US, informal) Having an irregular spasmodic movement..
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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.
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