herky-jerky

adj

herky-jerky

adj

UK /ˈhəːkiˌd͡ʒəːki/ · US /ˈhɚkiˌd͡ʒɚki/

1

Canada, US, Informal Having an irregular spasmodic movement.

While all that herky-jerky mathcore in your collection might not fit the bill, put some Portishead on your Pod and the attached OhMiBod will respond rhythmically in kind.2006, CMJ New Music Monthly:
Lynn has learned the herky-jerky schedule of the university. She has learned about me, and how I respond to its quirks—like a river flowing with hiccups.2013, Bruce R. Swinburne, Stem: Cells That Divide, page 271:

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The resulting battlefield is a surface of rough textures, lumbering machines, and brutalist geometric lines, broken up only by the movement of the Mimics, whose herky-jerky darting resembles sped-up stop-motion.2014 June 5, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Edge Of Tomorrow puts Tom Cruise through an action-packed Groundhog Day”, in AV Club:

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