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What does herky-jerky mean?

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Adjective
  1. Having an irregular spasmodic movement.
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No point guard has as much body control as Payton, able to throw off opponents with his herky-jerky drives forward and sudden stops.
But I don't really regret my herky-jerky progress.
Deficiency of GABA outflow, e.g., Huntington's disease, is characterized by herky-jerky and extraneous movements.
Last night, before bed, I was combing my daughter's hair and she got away from me, running herky-jerky around the coffee table, laughing like the Fourth of July.
On most evenings, the Knicks are collectively herky-jerky.
It was a little herky-jerky, but I've ridden with Jack before, and he was kind of the same way.

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