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# jittery

«jittery» in Mova's school dictionary: **nervous and shaky, often because you are worried or have…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (jittery; jitterier, jitteriest)

### meaning for a pupil

(informal) Jittery means nervous and shaky, often because you are worried or have had too much caffeine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jittery/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Feelings talk before tests, shows and races; stories; science (caffeine makes people jittery).

### examples

- I felt jittery before my piano exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jittery/#x1)
- Too much coffee makes Mum jittery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jittery/#x2)
- The horses were jittery during the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jittery/#x3)
- The new player was jittery in his first match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jittery/#x4)
- Everyone was jittery waiting for the results. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jittery/#x5)
- A deep breath helps when you feel jittery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jittery/#x6)

### note

Informal. Noun: the jitters («I've got the jitters»). Similar: nervous, jumpy, on edge.

### In the corpora

- [Coffee does not stunt growth, but it is still not good for children because its caffeine can spoil sleep and make you jittery.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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