Adjective
herky-jerky (comparative more herky-jerky, superlative most herky-jerky)
(Canada, US, informal) Having an irregular spasmodic movement.
Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable. James Wolcott