jitter
A nervous action; a ticA nervous action; a tic.
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» Tom is having pre-wedding jitters.
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)A nervous action; a tic.
Zittern
(countable, in the plural, often, uncountable, with definite article)A state of nervousness.
That creepy movie gave me the jitters.
Nervosität, Aufgeregtheit
(countable, uncountable)An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
дрожаниеdrožanije, джиттерdžitter
(countable, uncountable)A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.
A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.
- a small irregular movement
- small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources
Examples
7 sentencesTom is having pre-wedding jitters.
Mary tried to shake loose any pre-show jitters.
Is it not concerning the way the markets jitter about these days?
I have the jitters.
He had the jitters.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Possibly alteration of chitter (“to tremble, shiver”), from Middle English chittern (“to tPossibly alteration of chitter (“to tremble, shiver”), from Middle English chittern (“to twitter, chatter”). Ultimately onomatopoeic; compare didder and teeter as well as German zittern.
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Forms
plural: jittersWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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