charqui

noun

char·​qui

variants or less commonly charque

ˈchärkē,

ˈsh-

plural -s

: jerked meat

especially : jerked beef

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from Quechua ch'arki dried meat

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Rhymes for charqui

• agree
• allee
• banshee
• beastly
• bibi
• bowsprit
• carefree
• cerci
• chablis
• cowpea
• crappie
• crappy