Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To be nervous.

    bibbern, zittern

  2. To position data points randomly to avoid visual overlap.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Tom is having pre-wedding jitters.

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  2. Mary tried to shake loose any pre-show jitters.

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  3. Is it not concerning the way the markets jitter about these days?

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  4. I have the jitters.

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  5. He had the jitters.

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Translations

1 languages
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By meaning 1
To be nervous:

Origin

Possibly alteration of chitter (“to tremble, shiver”), from Middle English chittern (“to t

Possibly 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

jitters, jittering, jittered, jittered
Base formjitter · to jitter
3rd person singularjitters
Present participlejittering
Past simplejittered
Past participlejittered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjitter
he, she, itjitters

Past simpleLesson

all personsjittered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jittered
he, she, ithas jittered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jitter

Synonyms

1 synonyms
fidget

Word family

7 related words
Derivedjitteryajitterantijitterjitteringlyjitterlessjitterplotjittersome

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jinnjinxjitteryjoannajobA1
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