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When the wind blows through a wood, its mass is cut and closed by every leaf, forming a train of jittery vortices in the air.
Alice Oswald

Meaning of "jittery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JITTERY

jittery  [ˈdʒɪtərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JITTERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jittery is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES JITTERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of jittery in the English dictionary

The definition of jittery in the dictionary is nervous and anxious.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JITTERY


ambagitory
æmˈbædʒɪtərɪ
auditory
ˈɔːdɪtərɪ
budgetary
ˈbʌdʒɪtərɪ
depository
dɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ
hereditary
hɪˈrɛdɪtərɪ
inhibitory
ɪnˈhɪbɪtərɪ
military
ˈmɪlɪtərɪ
monetary
ˈmʌnɪtərɪ
monitory
ˈmɒnɪtərɪ
oscillatory
ˌɒsɪˈleɪtərɪ
participatory
pɑːtɪsɪˈpeɪtərɪ
planetary
ˈplænɪtərɪ
proprietary
prəˈpraɪɪtərɪ
regulatory
ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪtərɪ
repository
rɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ
sagittary
ˈsædʒɪtərɪ
sanitary
ˈsænɪtərɪ
solitary
ˈsɒlɪtərɪ
territory
ˈtɛrɪtərɪ
unitary
ˈjuːnɪtərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JITTERY

jism
jissom
JIT
jitney
jitter
jitterbug
jitterbugged
jitterbugging
jitteriness
jitters
jiujitsu
jiujutsu
Jivaro
jive
jive talk
jiveass
jiver
jivey
jivy
jiz

WORDS THAT END LIKE JITTERY

assault and battery
battery
buttery
cattery
dry battery
dry-cell battery
field battery
flattery
fluttery
glittery
guttery
lottery
mystery
National Lottery
postcode lottery
pottery
rattery
sluttery
solar battery
storage battery
tottery

Synonyms and antonyms of jittery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «JITTERY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «jittery» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of jittery

Translation of «jittery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JITTERY

Find out the translation of jittery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jittery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jittery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

紧张不安的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agitado
570 millions of speakers

English

jittery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चिड़चिड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نرفز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нервный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nervoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নার্ভাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inquiet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jittery
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nervös
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

緊張した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불안해하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jittery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hốt hoảng kinh hai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலைகுலைந்துள்ள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिडचिड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gergin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nervoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zdenerwowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нервовий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nervozitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νευρικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gejaagd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nervositet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nervøs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jittery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JITTERY»

The term «jittery» is regularly used and occupies the 59.212 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JITTERY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jittery

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2 QUOTES WITH «JITTERY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word jittery.
1
Alice Oswald
When the wind blows through a wood, its mass is cut and closed by every leaf, forming a train of jittery vortices in the air.
2
William Styron
Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JITTERY»

Discover the use of jittery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jittery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pediatrics
Jittery. Newborn. CC/ID: 1-hour old newborn boy with jitteriness. HPI: Patient is a 2,480-gram full-term (38 weeks' GA) baby boy born via elective cesarean to a 36- year-old woman, G2, P2, O + , serology (-), rubella immune, hepatitis B (-) ...
Andrea K. Marmor, Abhay S. Dandekar, 2007
2
Meaning, Discourse and Society
The next item I willconsider is jittery.Asafirst approach, I will present jittery in connection with other adjectives as found by Google (jittery and, and jittery). We canassume that these adjectives will be partlysynonymous withjittery, as is often the ...
Wolfgang Teubert, 2010
3
Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective
Feeling wired or jittery after drinking coffee is a sign of increased adrenal output, or hyperadrenalism, a need for liver support or insensitivity to coffee. Increased cortisol with a concomitant low DHEA causes symptoms of being wired and jittery .
Dicken Weatherby, 2004
4
Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: A Manual of the ...
When it comes to the end of the line I don't have a paper, I hold back, I get jittery and then I pull away from it. T3: You're saying there is something similar about those two things. C4: Yeah. I have all these excuses about why I never do my best, ...
Eugene T. Gendlin, 2012
5
Approximation Theory: In Memory of A.K. Varma
Thus g will take both positive and negative values in (x,x + e). Consequently, g is jittery at x on the right. Similarly, if x = b or x is a left hand endpoint of a maximal subinterval of [a, b]\S, then g is jittery on the left of x. Finally, if x € S, and x ^ a, 6, ...
Narenda Govil, Ram N. Mohapatra, Zuhair Nashed, 1998
6
Human-computer Interaction: INTERACT '01 : IFIP TC.13 ...
Basic method Measurement error and/or jittery motion Move the cursor to the nearest target from the gazing point Figure 2. Automatic adjustment about 1cm2. Some GUI buttons/icons are put with no space. Because of measurement error and ...
Michitaka Hirose, 2001
7
How to Think and Intervene Like an REBT Therapist
REBTer: So your `A' is your jittery feelings. Do you recall what we said about `B'? Tamsin: Yes, `B' are my beliefs, in this case my irrational beliefs about my jitteriness and it is these beliefs not the jittery feelings alone that lead me to avoid the ...
Professor of Psychotherapuetic Studies Windy Dryden, Windy Dryden, 2009
8
Factors Influencing Police Officer Marksmanship During ...
Table 4-32 Summarized Multiple Regression Analysis of the Nervous/Jittery/ Indecisive Subscale and Military Experience, Males, and Age (N=302) Model F df p B SE p t p F Adjusted R2 Model 1 434 1 X)38 : MA Ml (Constant) 3.80 .101 .000  ...
Kelly Kennedy, 2009
9
Web Communication Technologies and Internet-Related Social ...
The system measures the average jittery, s for the experienced jittery, s of already served packets and projected jittery, s of waiting packets in the queue i at time s . The experienced jitter y'M is defined as y' \d t _ rf*-i| in that the difference of ...
Chin-Wan Chung, 2003
10
Unlocking Legal Learning
Consider what you think Jittery j believes to be the ratio decidendi of Berry v Branch. (Remember that it is only the ratio decidendi of a previous decision which can bind a judge in a later case.) Answer: Here we have yet another situation ...
Chris Turner, Jo Boylan-Kemp, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JITTERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jittery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Shilling Closes Stable but Market Remains Jittery
Kampala — The Shilling closed yesterday stable but trends indicate the recovery could be temporary, considering the unit has only this week ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
Strauss: Best record not enough for jittery Cards fans : Sports
If there ever existed an imperfect mix of hope and fear, of pride and angst, it can be found at the downtown intersection of Clark and 7th. Here ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
3
3 attacks in 24 hours make people jittery
Srinagar: In three different attacks, suspected militants lobbed four hand grenades and triggered a mine blast within span of 24 hours in Pattan ... «Kasmir Monitor, Jul 15»
4
Tata Motors shares jittery as Chinese cash cow weakens
With over 100% of the net profit accruing from JLR, Tata Motors' stand-alone entity's performance is less significant in its consolidated revenue ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
5
Pakistan's Mahira Khan jittery about 'Bin Roye' Dubai release …
As the red carpet rolls out for the star-studded premiere of Pakistan's 'Bin Roye' in Dubai tonight, lead star Mahira Khan reveals she's battling ... «Emirates 24/7, Jul 15»
6
Greece deal calms jittery Scandinavian markets
Nordic stock markets got a boost on Monday morning after eurozone leaders appeared to reach a deal for a new financial aid programme for ... «The Local.se, Jul 15»
7
Civic bodies jittery about scrapping of LBT
PUNE: Uncertainty prevails over the state government's decision to scrap the local body tax (LBT) from next month as all civic bodies across the ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
Jittery Jenrry Mejia 'very, very happy' to be back
NEW YORK -- Jenrry Mejia felt some jitters upon entering a New York Mets game for the first time in more than nine months on Sunday. «ESPN, Jul 15»
9
Market analysis: Volatile environment makes investors jittery
Global markets remain volatile, with geopolitical and macroeconomic risks at heightened levels. US interest rate hikes, a correction of the ... «The National, Jul 15»
10
Market to remain jittery
Market to remain jittery. Google +. Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3. Market to remain jittery. Market to remain jittery. «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Jittery [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/jittery>. Apr 2024 ».
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