JERKINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jerkiness mean? 

• JERKINESS (noun)
  The noun JERKINESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being spasmodic and irregular

  Familiarity information: JERKINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JERKINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being spasmodic and irregular

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fitfulness; jerkiness

Hypernyms ("jerkiness" is a kind of...):

irregularity; unregularity (not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jerkiness"):

spasticity (the quality of moving or acting in spasms)

Derivation:

jerky (lacking a steady rhythm)