jittered; jittering; jitters
1
: to make continuous fast repetitive movements
2
: to be nervous or act in a nervous way
Examples of jitter in a Sentence
Noun
always got the jitters right before a test
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John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
But the Bobcats had to fight through some late-game jitters to get there with an unusual finish..
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025
Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
This means polling averages can change by a few decimal places day to day — and probabilities may jitter by around a point, which cascades down into uncertainty in our model.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 11 June 2024
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Noun
Meanwhile, after rising by 23% last year and 24% in 2023, the S&P 500 is up less than 3% so far this year; there is an unusual amount of jitters in the normally staid bond market; and the US dollar has broadly weakened after rising 7% last year.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
But the Bobcats had to fight through some late-game jitters to get there with an unusual finish..
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025
Verb
Wall Street jitters over the White House economic policy continued again, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off by more than 300 points in morning trading.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
This means polling averages can change by a few decimal places day to day — and probabilities may jitter by around a point, which cascades down into uncertainty in our model.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 11 June 2024
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“Jitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jitter. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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