jerksome

comparative more jerksome · superlative most jerksome

1. Indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.

   With females jolting up and down, upon no springs — except those of jerksome curiosity — conduct of this character was rude in the extreme.

   1880, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale

comparative more jerksome · superlative most jerksome

1. Characteristic of a jerk, or obnoxious person.

   That was mighty jerksome of you.

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   From time to time, Ace will, in a jerksome way, monotonize the conversation with witticisms too humorous to mention.

   1977, The New Yorker, volume 53

   Okay, now lets say you said something to someone that irked him in some way — or else someone else said something irksome and jerksome to you.

   1998, Karen Salmansohn, Whip your Career into Submission