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jittery
Use
Jittery
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jit·ter·y
/
ˈdʒɪt
ə
ri
/
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[
jit
-
uh
-ree
]
Show IPA
adjective,
jit·ter·i·er,
jit·ter·i·est.
extremely tense and nervous; jumpy:
He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
Origin:
1930–35,
Americanism;
jitter
+
-y
1
Related forms
jit·ter·i·ness,
noun
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jittery
(ˈdʒɪtərɪ)
—
adj
informal
nervous and anxious
'jitteriness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Eating or drinking a large amount of caffeine can make you feel
jittery
,
nervous, or energetic.
The
jittery
camera shake of everyday vision is similarly smoothed over, and our
memories are often radically revised.
The labour of getting safety approvals makes investors
jittery
.
Financial markets have been
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for weeks, as signs of an economic slowdown
have increased.
Vertical scrolling is rather clunky and
jittery
throughout all of the apps.
The crowd buzzed with
jittery
excitement, as they always do when it experiences a knockdown.
Already
jittery
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Our companions grow
jittery
, and an awkward silence falls.
Today's mood is
jittery
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