different between jerky vs uneasy

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?d??ki/
• Rhymes: -??(r)ki

Etymology 1

jerk +? -y

Adjective

jerky (comparative jerkier, superlative jerkiest)

1. Characterized by physical jerking.
2. Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua ch'arki.

Noun

jerky (countable and uncountable, plural jerkies)

1. Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

Derived terms

• jerk
• jerked beef
• jerked meat

Translations

See also

• biltong
• Quechuan chunyu (freeze-dried potatoes)
• pemmican, pemican
• smoked meat
• smoker

Verb

jerky (third-person singular simple present jerkies, present participle jerkying, simple past and past participle jerkied)

1. (transitive) To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.

Synonyms

• (preserve meat by drying): jerk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?i?zi/
• Hyphenation: un?easy
• Rhymes: -i?zi

Etymology 1

From Middle English unesy, equivalent to un- +? easy. Merged with Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”). See uneath.

Adjective

uneasy (comparative uneasier, superlative uneasiest)

1. (rare) Not easy; difficult.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English unesy, unaisie (“not comforting”), from un- + esy (“comfortable, at ease”). More at easy.

Adjective

uneasy (comparative more uneasy or uneasier, superlative most uneasy or uneasiest)

1. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety

   I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?

2. Not easy in manner; constrained

   Synonyms: stiff, awkward, ungraceful

   He was behaving in an uneasy way.

3. Causing discomfort or constraint

Synonyms

(restless): : See Thesaurus:nervous

Related terms

• unease

Translations