charqui

American  

[chahr-kee] / ˈtʃɑr ki /

noun

1. jerky.

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charqui British  

/ ˈtʃɑːkɪ, ˈtʃɑːkɪd /

noun

1. meat, esp beef, cut into strips and dried

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Other Word Forms

• charquid adjective
• charquied adjective

Etymology

Origin of charqui

From South American Spanish, from Quechua ch'arki

Example Sentences

She shared a shred of llama charqui, or jerky.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2010

So we may as well dine now; though, sad to say, we haven’t a morsel to make a meal upon but that juiceless charqui.

From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.

The miners who work in the mine itself have twenty-five shillings per month, and are allowed a little charqui.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles

"And now, Lopez, what amount of charqui have we in store?"

From On the Pampas by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

For the flesh, their stock of charqui is not drawn upon; and as to fowl, the soldier-crane would be a still more unpalatable morsel.

From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.