jerky

(noun) meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun. Synonyms: jerked meat, jerk.

(adj) lacking a steady rhythm. Synonyms: arrhythmic, jerking. Example: "An arrhythmic heartbeat."

(adj) marked by abrupt transitions. Synonyms: choppy. Example: "Choppy prose."

(adj) having or revealing stupidity. Synonyms: anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike. Examples: "Ridiculous anserine behavior." "A dopey answer." "A dopey kid." "Some fool idea about rewriting authors' books."