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be jerky
adjective
Characterized by physical jerking.
Exact(9)
Don't be jerky.
During each repetition, the body must not swing, legs must not kick or bend, and the pull must not be jerky.
Position the starting scene of your movie and your camera keeping in mind that it is imperative that the camera be immobilized; otherwise your finished video will be jerky.
Though Myers and other science bloggers boast that they can be jerky in the service of anti-charlatanism, that's not what's bothersome about them.
David Zulawski and Douglas Wicklander's "Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation" (1992) asserts that a liar's movements tend to be "jerky and abrupt" and his hands "cold and clammy".
Although emotionally captivating, they can be jerky, blurry or unsteady.
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Her gait is jerky.
My movements were jerky.
And I'll say: "Let's talk about what he's doing that's jerky.
Web browsing feels at best sluggish, and sometimes actions are jerky.
The car was peppy, but the six-speed felt very notchy and the clutch was jerky.
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