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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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Hers is prose in which sentences judder and disintegrate and run over each other.
—Book Marks
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
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
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Verb
Well, after years of stuttering, pausing, juddering, waiting for the goalkeeper to dive and then rolling spot kicks meekly into the net, Nick Woltemade may have just reversed the trend.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Hers is prose in which sentences judder and disintegrate and run over each other.
—Book Marks
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
Contrast that with Robert Lewandowski, whose stutter, pause, judder, wait for the ’keeper to dive and then place it wide of the post didn’t work for Barcelona during their surprise defeat away to Sevilla a few hours later.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
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
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“Judder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judder. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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