"herky-jerky" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more herky-jerky",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most herky-jerky",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "herky-jerky (comparative more herky-jerky, superlative most herky-jerky)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English reduplications",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, CMJ New Music Monthly:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Bruce R. Swinburne, Stem: Cells That Divide, page 271:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having an irregular spasmodic movement."
      ],
      "id": "en-herky-jerky-en-adj-G9hv0ywI",
      "links": [
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ],
        [
          "irregular",
          "irregular"
        ],
        [
          "spasmodic",
          "spasmodic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, US, informal) Having an irregular spasmodic movement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəːkiˌd͡ʒəːki/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɚkiˌd͡ʒɚki/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "herky-jerky"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more herky-jerky",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most herky-jerky",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "herky-jerky (comparative more herky-jerky, superlative most herky-jerky)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English reduplications",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, CMJ New Music Monthly:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Bruce R. Swinburne, Stem: Cells That Divide, page 271:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having an irregular spasmodic movement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ],
        [
          "irregular",
          "irregular"
        ],
        [
          "spasmodic",
          "spasmodic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, US, informal) Having an irregular spasmodic movement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəːkiˌd͡ʒəːki/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɚkiˌd͡ʒɚki/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "herky-jerky"
}