herky-jerky

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But the herky-jerky song-and-dance sequences are wild, a potent reminder that America has long been the land of the free and the home of the rave.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Over the span of a few seconds, a robot would dance in a herky-jerky fashion, programmed so that its stops and starts would spell out as a binary number the temperature in degrees Celsius.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 7, 2024

It's a deliciously strange, herky-jerky pop number, orchestrated by synth bassoons and merry-go-round organs.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

You watch out for winger Brandon Tanev, who is the fastest on the ice even in warmups, doing herky-jerky figure eights with no helmet, long hair flapping.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023

Deemer looked like his limbs were made of springs that sent him lurching ahead in a series of herky-jerky leaps and bounds.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers