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Meaning of Jitter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈd͡ʒɪtə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.
  2. A nervous action; a tic.
  3. A state of nervousness.
    countable, in-plural, often, uncountable, with-definite-article
  4. An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
  5. A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.

Equivalents

العربية نرفز
Bosanski treš
Čeština chvění tras třes
Français gigue tic nerveux
Hrvatski treš
ქართული ნერვიულობა
Nederlands interferentie
Português jitter tique nervoso
Српски treš

Examples

“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Now you have mirror-clear TV without picture flopover, jitter, tear!”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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