horse mackerel vs jerk

horse mackerel

noun
  • Sarda sarda (Atlantic bonito) 

  • Megalaspis cordyla (torpedo scad) 

  • Atule (certain scads) 

  • Alectis indica (Indian threadfish) 

  • Carangoides spp. (island jacks) 

  • Sarda australis (Australian bonito) 

  • Trachurus spp. (jack mackerels). 

  • Gnathanodon speciosus (golden trevally) 

  • Naucrates ductor (pilot fish) 

  • Caranx spp. (certain trevallies) 

  • Selar crumenophthalmus (bigeye scad) 

jerk

noun
  • A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade. 

  • A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake. 

  • The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time. 

  • A lift in which the weight is taken with a quick motion from shoulder height to a position above the head with arms fully extended and held there for a brief time. 

  • A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable. 

  • Meat (or sometimes vegetables) cured by jerking, in which it is coated in spices and slow-cooked over a fire or grill traditionally composed of green pimento wood positioned over burning coals; charqui. 

  • A dull or stupid person. 

  • A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the body. 

verb
  • To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun. 

  • To masturbate. 

  • To make a sudden uncontrolled movement. 

  • To lift using a jerk. 

  • To give a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake. 

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