JERKINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being spasmodic and irregular

Synonyms:

fitfulness; jerkiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("jerkiness" is a kind of...):

irregularity; unregularity (not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jerkiness"):

spasticity (the quality of moving or acting in spasms)

Derivation:

jerky (lacking a steady rhythm)