juddered; juddering; judders
chiefly British
: to vibrate with intensity
the engine stalled and kept juddering—
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Verb
the engine began to judder alarmingly just a few miles outside of Brighton
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Book Marks
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
With a juddering sort of inevitability, Newcastle’s next match is against Liverpool, an evening kick-off at home on Monday — which is a national holiday in the UK.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
There’s an occasional stutter effect on the TCL, more pronounced judder, and more sense of resolution loss from panel blur.
—John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Hers is prose in which sentences judder and disintegrate and run over each other.
—Book Marks
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
With a juddering sort of inevitability, Newcastle’s next match is against Liverpool, an evening kick-off at home on Monday — which is a national holiday in the UK.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
The movie judders from one set piece to another with only a loose plot to follow—the story involves some dead bodies, an evil billionaire (Danny Huston), and a budding romance between Drebin and Beth.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
There’s an occasional stutter effect on the TCL, more pronounced judder, and more sense of resolution loss from panel blur.
—John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Judder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judder. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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