jitter

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Possibly alteration of chitter (“‘tremble, shiver’”), from Middle English chittern (“‘to twitter, chatter’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
jitter

Plural
jitters

jitter (plural jitters)

  1. A nervous action; a tic.
  2. A state of nervousness (primarily used in the plural - often with 'the'.)
    That creepy movie gave me the jitters.
  3. (telecommunications) An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
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[edit] Translations
A nervous action; a tic
A state of nervousnes; the jitters
(Telecommunications) an abrubt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to jitter

Third person singular
jitters

Simple past
jittered

Past participle
jittered

Present participle
jittering

to jitter (third-person singular simple present jitters, present participle jittering, simple past and past participle jittered)

  1. (intransitive) To be nervous.
[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Etymology 2

jit +‎ -er

[edit] Noun

Singular
jitter

Plural
jitters

jitter (plural jitters)

  1. (computing) A program or routine that performs jitting.

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