judder

English

WOTD – 3 January 2010

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌdə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌdɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)

Noun

judder (countable and uncountable, plural judders)

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

Translations

a spasmodic shaking

• Bulgarian: треперене (bg) n (treperene)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 震动 (zh), 震颤 (zh)

• Danish: bævren c, rysten c
• Finnish: kouristus (fi), kouristelu (fi); vavahtelu
• French: secousse (fr), spasme (fr), saccade (fr), clonie (fr), convulsion (fr), ébranlement (fr)

• Italian: scossa (it)
• Polish: wstrząs (pl) m
• Russian: вибра́ция (ru) f (vibrácija), дрожание (ru) n (drožanije)
• Spanish: sacudida (es), espasmo (es), convulsión (es), estremecimiento (es)

Verb

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

Translations

to spasm or shake violently

• Bulgarian: треперя (bg) (treperja), вибрирам (bg) (vibriram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 震动 (zh), 震颤 (zh)

• Danish: bævre
• Dutch: schokken (nl)
• Finnish: kouristella (fi); vavahdella (fi)

• French: secouer (fr), se spasmer (fr), se contracter, convulsionner (fr), ébranler (fr)
• Greenlandic: aalaqqajuppoq
• Italian: scrollare
• Russian: вибри́ровать (ru) (vibrírovatʹ), дрожа́ть (ru) (drožátʹ), колеба́ться (ru) (kolebátʹsja)
• Spanish: sacudir (es), zarandear (es), convulsionar (es), estremecer (es)

See also

• shudder