judder

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judder (countable and uncountable, plural judders)

  1. A spasmodic shaking.
  2. (television) Jerky playback caused by converting between frame rates; telecine judder

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judder (third-person singular simple present judders, present participle juddering, simple past and past participle juddered)

  1. (intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.
    • 2000, Mark Gatiss, “chapter 20”, in Last of the Gaderene:
      Captain McGarrigle, however, seemed to be in trouble. He was breathing stertorously, his throat and chest juddering like those of an asthmatic.
  2. (intransitive) To move with a stop-start motion, as if experiencing a strong resistance or when decelerating brusquely.
    To judder to a halt

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