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jerk

/ˈd͡ʒɝk/ sustantivo C2

En español: marinada jamaicana, carne jerk

  1. A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade. (uncountable)
  2. 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. (uncountable) · Jerk chicken is a local favorite.
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Sick and giddy as Mowgli was he could not help enjoying the wild rush, though the glimpses of earth far down below frightened him, and the terrible check and jerk at the end of the swing over nothing but empty air brought his heart between his teeth.
The Jungle Book, p. 38 · B2
Oh, fat, brown, root-digging fool that I am,” said Baloo, uncoiling himself with a jerk, “it is true what Hathi the Wild Elephant says: `To each his own fear’; and they, the Bandar-log, fear Kaa the Rock Snake.
The Jungle Book, p. 41 · B2
He raised his head with a sudden jerk.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 35 · B2
We always stop to eat spicy jerk chicken and sweet fried plantains.
Celebrating the Notting Hill Carnival, p. 1 · B1

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