Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having or feeling nervous unease: a jittery vigil in the dark.
- adj. Marked by jittering movements: a jittery ride over rough terrain.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. being in a tense state; easily upset or frightened; -- of a person.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. characterized by jerky movements
- adj. being in a tense state
Examples
“Gord stood nearby in jittery indecision — encouraged by hunger, restrained by fear.”
“The technology was so named because it transmits stolen data in jittery chunks — by adding nearly imperceptible processing delays after a keystroke, and for the jitters such a bug could inspire in anyone with secure data to safeguard.”
“They are named "JitterBugs," for both the way they transmit stolen data in "jittery" chunks and for the "jitters" they could inspire in anyone with secure data to safeguard.”
“Altogether an unimpressive performance - looked jittery from the start and did not play with confidence or purpose.”
“This mix makes for a short term jittery market and certainly a flexible approach will remain.”
“The less-than-panicky call it jittery response by world markets on Monday to debt-talk failures has strengthened the right-wing argument that a default is no catastrophe.”
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“He was close to a breakdown by January 1943, and his weak performance briefing the Com bined Chiefs of Staff at the Casablanca conference — Roosevelt thought him "jittery" — nearly led to his resignation.”
“Not only did it convey lack of consideration but also a kind of jittery, panicky energy, at a time when we're looking for a Steady Hand.”
“But she feels "jittery" about considering nonresident Indians as possible options.”
“• Packer often scolded the Tar Heels 'Marvin Williams for "jittery" hands, saying he "has not caught a clean ball today.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jittery’.
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pretty dots all in a row
polka dotted words
hijack, jinx, jingle, beijing, jive, jilted, jittery, jill, hijab, haji, hajj, hijinks and 149 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Restless
How can you stop when your feet say go?
hyperideation, unquiet, unpeaceful, cabin fever, space-hunger, restlessness, inquietude, wanrufe, restiveness, restive, champ at the bit, fidgetiness and 28 more...
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Scrabble words which start with the l...
juvenile, juvenal, jutty, jute, jut, justness, justly, justle, justify, justice, juster, just and 534 more...
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Twitchy
The (not always so) smoovements; scattered, oscillating, jerky, and unpredictable.
palpitation, scravel, jactitate, pounce, wobble, vibrate, undulate, didder, effleurage, flail, ague, swerve and 169 more...
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My Words
Words that I use regularly and consider mine.
zen, poser, savvy, angst, flustered, bitter, whatsoever, farfetched, indeed, scenario, inevitable, salvage and 134 more...
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Jitter Sauce
List of words and phrases that contain the word jitter.
jitter sauce, jitterbug, the jitters, Cab Calloway's Ji..., Jitterbug Perfume, jittery, market jitters, jitterati, jitterings
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Spiftacular's Words
spiffy, orchestra, skulduggery, antipathy, leap, sonata, opus, dug, deed, fabulous, nifty, glisten and 221 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, J
jaggery, juju, jackanapes, jasper, jazzy, jostle, jaywalk, jerky, jawbone, jersey, jaw, junction and 83 more...
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radio quirks
provoking a smile/grin/fit of laughter when I've heard them on serious parts of speech radio
gobbety, winnowing, nerve-jangling, jittery, gyrating, amidships, unfettered, egregiously, reburnished, hundreds of honey..., ramming, emirati and 14 more...
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Words found in books
Interesting, memorable and uncommon words found in works of fiction
squire, ponce, slapstick, scoff, merriment, brethren, gormless, tantalizing, jostle, cumulo-nimbus, sequin, dejectedly and 36 more...
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