| noun | meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun |
| adjective | lacking a steady rhythm “an arrhythmic heartbeat” |
| adjective | marked by abrupt transitions “choppy prose” |
| adjective | having or revealing stupidity “ridiculous anserine behavior” |
| arrhythmia | noun | an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart |
| jerk | noun | an abrupt spasmodic movement |
| jerkiness | noun | the quality of being spasmodic and irregular |
| dope | noun | an ignorant or foolish person |
| foolishness | noun | the trait of acting stupidly or rashly |
| goose | noun | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |