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Definition of jitters - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun, plural
- She felt the jitters before her big presentation..
- He got the jitters before his first date.
- The jitters hit him just before the interview.
Expressions with jitters
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temporary state of worry or fear
He got a case of the jitters before the job interview.
become very nervous or anxious
She always gets the jitters before a big presentation.
make someone feel nervous or anxious suddenly
Speaking in public gives me the jitters.
be very uneasy, sometimes with slight trembling
Before the interview, I had the jitters all morning.
nervousness before or during a tournament
She had tournament jitters before her first match.
nervousness before getting married
She had wedding jitters the night before her big day.
nervousness felt before or during an audition
She had audition jitters before her big performance.
nervousness before or during an exam
She couldn't sleep due to exam jitters.
nervousness before or during an interview
She had interview jitters before meeting the hiring manager.
feelings of uncertainty causing investors to sell assets
Market jitters led to a sharp decline in stocks.
Origin of jitters
Unknown
View all translations of jitters
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- French:trac, ...
- German:Nervosität, ...
- Italian:nervosismo, ...
- Spanish:ansiedad, ...
- Portuguese:nervosismo, ...
- Chinese:紧张不安, ...
- Japanese:緊張, ...
- Arabic:تَوَتُّر, ...
- Hebrew:לַחַץ, ...
- Russian:дрожь, ...
- Ukrainian:нервовість, ...
- Hindi:घबराहट, ...
Definition of jitter - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
nervous movementintr. move nervously with small, quick movementsintr.
- He began to jitter as the exam started.
2.
data visualizationtr. TECH. randomly adjust data points to prevent overlaptr. TECH.
- The software can jitter the points for better clarity.
Noun
1.
psychologynervous action or tic
- He had a jitter in his left eye.
2.
electronicsTECH. small rapid variations in a waveformTECH.
- The audio had noticeable jitter.
3.
technologyTECH. unwanted variation in signal characteristicsTECH.
- The video call had a lot of jitter.
4.
data visualizationTECH. random positioning of data points to avoid overlapTECH.
- Jitter helps in making the graph clearer.
5.
technologyTECH. program that performs just-in-time compilationTECH.
- The jitter improved the program's performance.
Origin of jitter
Unknown
Examples of jitter in a sentence
Her hands jittered as she spoke. Analysts jitter the data to reveal trends. To avoid clutter, jitter the overlapping points. Her nervousness was evident in the jitter of her hands. The jitter in his voice betrayed his anxiety. The video signal suffered from jitter issues.
Engineers worked to minimize jitter in the system. The audio stream suffered from jitter. Network jitter caused delays in data transmission. The scatter plot uses jitter to separate overlapping points. Applying jitter can enhance the readability of dense data. The runtime uses a jitter to compile hot code. A faster jitter reduced startup delays.
View all translations of jitter
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- French:s'agiter, tic, ...
- German:zittern, Zucken, ...
- Italian:agitarsi, tic, ...
- Spanish:moverse nerviosamente, tic, ...
- Portuguese:tremer, tique, ...
- Chinese:颤抖, 紧张动作, ...
- Japanese:そわそわする, 神経質な動き, ...
- Arabic:اِرْتَجَفَ, رَفَّة عَصَبِيَّة, ...
- Hebrew:לִרְעוֹד, טִיק, ...
- Russian:нервно двигаться, нервный тик, ...
- Ukrainian:тремтіти, тик, ...
- Hindi:घबराना, झटका, ...
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