jitter
/ˈd͡ʒɪtə(ɹ)/US/ˈd͡ʒɪtɚ/
jitter noun: a nervous action; a tic.
Noun (1)
jitter (countable and uncountable, plural jitters)
- A nervous action; a tic.
- A state of nervousness.
- That creepy movie gave me the jitters.
- But Bolton deserve real credit, seeking to take advantage of their jitters at every opportunity in typically determined fashion.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC
- An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
- Now you have mirror-clear TV without picture flopover, jitter, tear!1956, LIFE, volume 41, number 11, page 41
- A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.
Verb
jitter (third-person singular simple present jitters, present participle jittering, simple past and past participle jittered)
- To be nervous.
- To position data points randomly to avoid visual overlap.
Noun (2)
jitter (plural jitters)
- A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.
jitter meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
jitter in Tamil
- நடுக்கம், நடுங்கு, குறுகிய நடுக்கம், தடுமாற்றம்
jitter in Urdu
- گھبرائی حرکت کرنا
jitter in Kannada
- ತಳಮಳಿಸು, ದಿಗಿಲುಗೊಳ್ಳು
Examples of jitter in a sentence
- In fact, line terminals, provided with dejitterizers, do not reduce low frequency jitter.
- You often hear about athletes having the jitters before a game, or having butterflies in their stomach.
- The picture may also show a horizontal jitter at the top left appearing as flag waving.
Synonyms of jitter
Forms of jitter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jitters |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | jitters |
| present participle | jittering |
| past participle | jittered |
| past | jittered |
Origin of jitter
Possibly alteration of chitter (“to tremble, shiver”), from Middle English chittern (“to twitter, chatter”). Ultimately onomatopoeic; compare didder and teeter as well as German zittern.
From jit + -er.
Words formed from jitter
Words that rhyme with jitter
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Questions about jitter
- What does jitter mean?
- Jitter means a nervous action; a tic.
- What is jitter in Tamil?
- Jitter in Tamil is நடுக்கம், நடுங்கு, குறுகிய நடுக்கம். See Jitter meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is jitter?
- Jitter can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce jitter?
- Jitter is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of jitter?
- The plural of jitter is jitters.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jitter (page history and authors); jitter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jitter (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jitter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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