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What does herky-jerky mean?

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Adjective
  1. Having an irregular spasmodic movement.
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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.
It's a staccato language of enigmatic hand gestures, flailing arms, touching oneself, herky-jerky starts and stops, plunging into space, crashing, spinning, jumping back up.
It was a little herky-jerky, but I've ridden with Jack before, and he was kind of the same way.
The most striking thing about herky-jerky, however, was his perpetual grin.
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.

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