"herky-jerky" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "more herky-jerky",
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most herky-jerky",
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        "superlative"
      ]
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      "expansion": "herky-jerky (comparative more herky-jerky, superlative most herky-jerky)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "name": "American English",
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          "kind": "other",
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      "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "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"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more herky-jerky",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most herky-jerky",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "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."
      ],
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        "Canada",
        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəːkiˌd͡ʒəːki/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɚkiˌd͡ʒɚki/",
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  "word": "herky-jerky"
}