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jitter en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [ˈd͡ʒɪɾɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈd͡ʒɪtɚ/ (General-American)
  • (UK) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A nervous action; a tic.
  2. (countable, in-plural, often, uncountable, with-definite-article) A state of nervousness.
    • 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:
    • That creepy movie gave me the jitters.
    • It is a sunny morning in Amman and the three uniformed judges in Jordan’s state security court are briskly working their way through a pile of slim grey folders on the bench before them. Each details the charges against 25 or so defendants accused of supporting the fighters of the Islamic State (Isis), now rampaging across Syria and Iraq under their sinister black banners and sending nervous jitters across the Arab world. 2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian:
    • Interviewer: How do you feel coming back here? What is constantly evoked in you when you see your center again back in Little Rock? Clinton: Well first of all if I don't come back about once a month I start to get the jitters. 2022 May 5, Bill Clinton, 0:00 from the start, in Bill Clinton talks Arkansas politics & Ukraine Full interview, THV11, archived from the original on 05 May 2022:
  3. (countable, uncountable) 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:
  4. (countable, qualifier:data visualization, uncountable) A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
jitters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

dejitterize · jittery · jitter lapse

Relateds

jitterbug

Translations (28)

fi täristäminen (data visualisation) · nl interferentie (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics) · cs třes (nervous action; a tic) · pt tique nervoso (nervous action; a tic) · fi täristys (data visualisation) · es tic nervioso (nervous action; a tic) · fr tic nerveux (nervous action; a tic) · fi värinä (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics) · fi nykiminen (nervous action; a tic) · de Aufgeregtheit (state of nervousness; the jitters) · fr gigue (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics) · fi jitter (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics) · ka ნერვული შეტოკება (nervous action; a tic) · cs chvění (nervous action; a tic) · ka ნერვიულობა (state of nervousness; the jitters) · es tembleque (state of nervousness; the jitters) · bg нервност (state of nervousness; the jitters) · de Nervosität (state of nervousness; the jitters) · bg тик (nervous action; a tic) · ka ნერვული აღგზნება (nervous action; a tic) · bg треперене (nervous action; a tic) · pt jitter (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics) · de Zittern (nervous action; a tic) · ru джиттер (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics) · fi huojunta (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics) · cs třas (nervous action; a tic) · ru дрожание (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics) · fi jännitys (state of nervousness; the jitters)

jitter en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [ˈd͡ʒɪɾɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈd͡ʒɪtɚ/ (General-American)
  • (UK) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To be nervous.
  2. (qualifier:data visualization) To position data points randomly to avoid visual overlap.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
jittering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
jitters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
jittered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
jittered Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

jitterless · jittery · jittersome · jitteringly · jitterplot · ajitter · antijitter

Synonyms

fidget

Translations (3)

de zittern (To be nervous) · fi täristää (data visualisation) · de bibbern (To be nervous)

jitter en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree English jit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English jitter From jit + -er.

Meanings

  1. A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
jitters Number=Plur lexicographic