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jottering

jottering adjective: shaky; trembling. Also the misspelling of jotting.

Adjective

jottering (comparative more jottering, superlative most jottering)

  1. (Scotland) Shaky; trembling.
    • Before your jottering finger could find the trigger, the hilt would dirl on your breast-bane.1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Come into My Kingdom”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company...

Also used as

jottering is also the misspelling of jotting.

Forms of jottering

comparativemore jottering
superlativemost jottering

Questions about jottering

What does jottering mean?
Jottering means shaky; trembling.
What part of speech is jottering?
Jottering is an adjective.

Words near jottering in the dictionary

  1. jots and tittles
  2. jots down
  3. jotted
  4. jotted down
  5. jotter
  6. jottering
  7. jotters
  8. jotting
  9. jotting down
  10. jottings
  11. Jotto

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