Usually means: Sudden, rough changes in motion.
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  1. jerkiness: Merriam-Webster
  2. jerkiness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jerkiness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. jerkiness: Vocabulary.com
  5. jerkiness: Wordnik
  6. jerkiness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. jerkiness: Wiktionary
  8. jerkiness: Dictionary.com
  9. Jerkiness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. jerkiness: Rhymezone
  11. jerkiness: FreeDictionary.org
  12. jerkiness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. jerkiness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. jerkiness: Encyclopedia

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  1. jerkiness: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (jerkiness)

▸ noun:  The state or quality of being jerky.

Similar:
fitfulness, jerkishness, jerkness, jerkhood, jerkitude, jerkdom, jitteriness, jankiness, joltiness, jaggedness, more...

Opposite:
smoothness, fluidity, gracefulness

Types:
spasmodic, staccato, jerky, jumpy, skittish, twitchy, more...

Adjectives:
certain, slight, odd, general, nervous, curious, quick, muscular, stiff, occasional, spasmodic

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Similar:
fitfulness, jerkishness, jerkness, jerkhood, jerkitude, jerkdom, jitteriness, jankiness, joltiness, jaggedness, more...

Opposite:
smoothness, fluidity, gracefulness

Types:
spasmodic, staccato, jerky, jumpy, skittish, twitchy, more...

Adjectives:
certain, slight, odd, general, nervous, curious, quick, muscular, stiff, occasional, spasmodic



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