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Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of judder.
Etymologies
- Perhaps j(erk)1 + (sh)udder.
Examples
“Upon release the man stood back a step and Geraint fell to the floor in juddering spasms.”
“The refresh rate is only 60 hertz, so the blurry 'juddering' effect is occasionally an issue when you're watching fast-moving sports, but it's perfectly fine for most other applications.”
“The resultant book, "VHS: Absurd, Odd, and Ridiculous Relics from the Videotape Era" Running Press, $14 has just been published, and to celebrate that fact, we present a rewind to the days when pausing meant juddering images, tapes would spool inside machines, and video rental stores were our YouTube.”
“As the national policy forum assembles this weekend in Wrexham, there is a need both to overhaul juddering institutions and to reset the intellectual route.”
The Guardian: Ed Miliband: The long and winding road | Editorial
“You simply lie there, trying to force relaxation, but instead there is only anxiety juddering your bones.”
“But that's mostly down to the first quarter's frenetic pace, with growth tailing off and then juddering next year.”
The Wall Street Journal: Germany Happy Paying Up to Keep Expansion on Track
“Unfortunately, it only moved a yard or two before juddering to a halt.”
Gyles Brandreth Answers Questions about the Oscar Wilde Mysteries
“Her shattered rib cage began to move with sudden, juddering movements as her damaged body struggled to continue to function.”
“It helps that they have become a momentous live band, their rockier tracks sounding like juddering juggernauts.”
“The plan was to talk it out, so that constitutional reform would be brought to a juddering halt.”
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reesetee Well, if you're going to judder them around, Chained....I mean, really. Aug 29, 2011
ruzuzu They're so precise and thorough! Aug 24, 2011
chained_bear *judders citations in ruzuzu's face*
Sorry. Don't know what came over me. Aug 24, 2011
ruzuzu Chained's juddering citations are fantastic. I can't help it. Aug 24, 2011
reesetee Hey! Stop looking at Chained's citations!
Oh, wait. Aug 24, 2011
ruzuzu Well, her too. But you always have such great citations. Thanks, bear. Aug 23, 2011
chained_bear Me? No, no. You must mean Mrs. Gabaldon. Aug 23, 2011
ruzuzu Dear chained_bear,
You are unfathomably awesome.
Sincerely yours,
ruzuzu Aug 22, 2011
GHibbs My adjectival use: 'The juddering bus was most uncomfortable.' Aug 22, 2011
chained_bear "The humped mound of the beaver lodge was reflected in still water, and on the far bank she could see the agitated judderings of a couple of willow saplings, evidently in the process of being consumed."
—Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (New York: Bantam Dell, 2005), 603 Feb 1, 2010