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# jitter

«jitter» in Mova's school dictionary: **a nervous, shaky feeling, especially before something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a jitter, the jitters); verb (jitter, jitters, jittered, jittering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) The jitters are a nervous, shaky feeling, especially before something important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jitter/#m1)

2) To jitter is to make small, quick, shaky movements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jitter/#m2)

3) (computing) Jitter is small, unwanted wobbles in a signal or picture, or in the timing of data. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jitter/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday: «pre-match jitters», «first-day jitters», «exam jitters». Science and computing: jitter in a video or a game connection. It tells the reader someone is nervous or something is shaking.

### examples

- I had the jitters before my piano exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jitter/#x1)
- First-day jitters are normal at a new school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jitter/#x2)
- The picture on the screen began to jitter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jitter/#x3)
- Too much fizzy drink gives him the jitters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jitter/#x4)
- The online game lagged because of jitter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jitter/#x5)
- Her hands jittered as she held the trophy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jitter/#x6)

### note

Usually «the jitters» (plural, informal). Adjective: jittery (nervous). Regular verb.

### In the corpora

- [Two cans means twice the caffeine and more jitters and a bigger crash, not twice the fitness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids/13/)
- [Sleep, breakfast and water help a child focus; caffeine more often brings jitters and worry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jitter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jitter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.