jittered; jittering; jitters
1
: to make continuous fast repetitive movements
2
: to be nervous or act in a nervous way
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Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Getting prepared helps to reduce jitters dramatically.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
And while this is his first concert appearance in Charlotte since assuming his new mantle, there’s no first-day jitters.
—Amy Carleton, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2024
Even the most sophisticated clocks are susceptible to tiny errors, a phenomenon know as timing jitter.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2024
Kwame’s pre-wedding jitters are tamped down by big sister Barbara, leaving the happy couple to run into a sunset filled with pink kitchen gadgets and Rocky the dog.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
Well, despite a spell of jitters last year, no recession happened.
—Larry Light, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
But Ramadhani says there's no room for jitters onstage.
—USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
After completing his first week of shows, Locke sat down with Vogue to talk about pre-show jitters, his upcoming Marvel series, and breaking out of his Heartstopper mold.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
Markets gonna jitter a bit.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 19 May 2021
The shadow of the new coronavirus finally reached American shores this week, as markets jittered downward and new cases crept up.
—Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2020
Earlier, jitters over the global economic outlook weighed on Asian trading.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019
The bad news is that latency is a lot higher, and controller position jittered a lot while moving, especially at high speeds.
—Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 9 Nov. 2018
Tracking was generally good, but objects occasionally shifted or jittered.
—Adi Robertson, The Verge, 8 Aug. 2018
This happens all the time but, in Riley's composition, the periodic black and white edges are jittered in a way that generates apparent motion.
—Daniel Glaser, A-LIST, 1 July 2018
Sure enough, the more the eyes jittered, the stronger the effect.
—Daniel Glaser, A-LIST, 1 July 2018
Noun
And the comments of prominent Western figures are causing jitters elsewhere on Europe’s eastern flank.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Getting prepared helps to reduce jitters dramatically.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
And while this is his first concert appearance in Charlotte since assuming his new mantle, there’s no first-day jitters.
—Amy Carleton, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2024
Even the most sophisticated clocks are susceptible to tiny errors, a phenomenon know as timing jitter.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2024
Kwame’s pre-wedding jitters are tamped down by big sister Barbara, leaving the happy couple to run into a sunset filled with pink kitchen gadgets and Rocky the dog.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
Well, despite a spell of jitters last year, no recession happened.
—Larry Light, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
But Ramadhani says there's no room for jitters onstage.
—USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
After completing his first week of shows, Locke sat down with Vogue to talk about pre-show jitters, his upcoming Marvel series, and breaking out of his Heartstopper mold.
—Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
Verb
The screen jitters each time righteous bloodshed crosses Deva’s mind.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
Markets gonna jitter a bit.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 19 May 2021
The shadow of the new coronavirus finally reached American shores this week, as markets jittered downward and new cases crept up.
—Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2020
Earlier, jitters over the global economic outlook weighed on Asian trading.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019
The bad news is that latency is a lot higher, and controller position jittered a lot while moving, especially at high speeds.
—Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 9 Nov. 2018
Tracking was generally good, but objects occasionally shifted or jittered.
—Adi Robertson, The Verge, 8 Aug. 2018
This happens all the time but, in Riley's composition, the periodic black and white edges are jittered in a way that generates apparent motion.
—Daniel Glaser, A-LIST, 1 July 2018
Sure enough, the more the eyes jittered, the stronger the effect.
—Daniel Glaser, A-LIST, 1 July 2018
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