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herky-jerky
adjective as in fitful
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You, too, will be zipping along to the angular guitars and zigzagging, herky-jerky vocals.
It was superficial and jumpy and herky-jerky, bopping all over the place.
When I took out my little case and showed the fishing-line, Herky-Jerky said he would find me some bait.
I felt the air and the light, and opened my eyes to see Herky-Jerky hauling away on the rope.
It was a log of firewood, and in one end stuck the big knife which Herky-Jerky used to cut meat.
Herky-Jerky very likely had the cowboy's skill at finding tracks, but I left few traces of my presence on that long slope.
Herky-Jerky's method of broiling a piece of venison at the end of a stick solved the problem of cooking.
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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to herky-jerky, such as: desultory, intermittent, periodic, spotty, bits and pieces, and broken.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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