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I still get the jitters every time I start a new job! I love it - makes you feel alive.
Camille Guaty

Meaning of "the jitters" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE JITTERS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE JITTERS

the Irish
the Islands
the Ivory Coast
the Ivy League
the jack
the Jacobite Rebellion
the javelin
the jaws
the jazz age
the Jewry
the Joe Blakes
the joes
the Jurassic
the jury is still out
the Kalahari
the Kama Sutra
the kinetic theory
the King Country
the King James Version
the king´s evil

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE JITTERS

Angostura bitters
bitters
bolt cutters
butters
call letters
congratters
fan letters
fetters
in tatters
jitters
letters
Masters
matters
money matters
put up the shutters
Roman letters
Schwitters
tatters
trotters
wire cutters
wire-cutters

Synonyms and antonyms of the jitters in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the jitters» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE JITTERS

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

Translator English - Chinese

紧张不安
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el nerviosismo
570 millions of speakers

English

the jitters
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

و التوتر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

испуг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o nervosismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জিতার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le trac
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kejutan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Nervosität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

緊張
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불안감
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jitters
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

những người hốt hoảng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜட்டர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झटके
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sıkıntılar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

i nervosismi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trema
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переляк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

draci
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οι πανικούς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die jitters
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

panik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jitters
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the jitters

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE JITTERS»

The term «the jitters» is regularly used and occupies the 62.749 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE JITTERS» OVER TIME

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «THE JITTERS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the jitters.
1
Lori Foster
I remember the first time I spoke to an editor. I thought I'd be sick, I was so nervous. The first time I spoke to a large group at a conference, I had the jitters for days beforehand.
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Camille Guaty
I still get the jitters every time I start a new job! I love it - makes you feel alive.
3
Logan Lerman
I don't get the jitters and I don't get nervous, because I build that comfort on set for myself. Sometimes if I'm gonna do something really crazy, it helps me to yell or look like an idiot on set, so that when I'm about to do a scene, I've already embarrassed myself. I find ways to work around getting the jitters.
4
Anna Maxwell Martin
I'm rather a practical person. I just get on and focus on what I have to do. I just don't get sleepless or suffer from the jitters.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE JITTERS»

Discover the use of the jitters in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the jitters and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Albert the Running Bear Gets the Jitters: Barbara Isenberg ...
Albert the Running Bear is challenged to a race by a new bully bear at the zoo and has to deal with all sorts of stress symptoms. Includes relaxation techniques.
Barbara Isenberg, Susan Wolf, 1987
2
First Day Jitters
Sarah is afraid to start at a new school, but both she and the reader are in for a surprise when she gets to her class.
Julie Danneberg, 2000
3
Kickers #4: Game-Day Jitters
Ben knows he's one of the team's strongest players, but he's been struggling with the jitters. He's just freezing up on the field. Can he pull through for his teammates now that they really need him? From the Hardcover edition.
Rich Wallace, 2011
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How to Beat the Jitters
By explaining that everyone has special gifts and limitations, this discussion guides children in recognizing and overcoming fear and insecurities and encourages them to do their best in all endeavors.
Dan Zadra, Bob Moawad, 1985
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Juggling the Jitters:
said the Jitters. When Jacob went to bed, everything got JITTERY! You try getting ready for bed with jiggling Jitters in your way! This is Jacob's funny and frustrating problem in Juggling the Jitters. With every “what-if-iffer” and “maybe-mumblie,” ...
Deborah Fannie Miller, 2013
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Dr. Shelton's Hygienic Review: 1939-1940
Nor did it offer any reason for its efforts to create the jitters among the well " protected" (vaccinated) Easterners. The medics and their hirelings possess the power to look into the future — they can foretell the coming of epidemics, whereas, the ...
Herbert M. Shelton, 1996
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Stock Market Responses to Bank Restructuring Policies During ...
The jitters are determined for both the excess return on the banking index and the uncorrected return on the banking index. Excess returns are calculated as the return on bank stocks minus the return of non-financials. These data are taken ...
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
idiom give sb the jitters to make someone nervous or frightened: Come away from that cliff edge! You re giving me the jitters! jittery /'d3it.°r.i/ ® /'d3it.a -/ adjective informal 1 nervous: He felt all jittery before the interview. 2 shaky and slightly ...
‎2008
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Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and ...
1, and with a 3 users videoconferencing session. Fig. 3. Shows, for the first 100 images received by one of the user from another, the jitters that appear during the presentation of each image. The measured jitters are the difference between the  ...
Hans Scholten, Marten J. van Sinderen, 2000
10
Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis: 4th International ...
Suppose we are considering the composite fluent se(jitters,coffee), that is, the start of the jitters begins after the end of having coffee. Four frequencies are relevant: a b c d coffee no coffee jitters nojitters Certainly, a should be bigger than b, that ...
Frank Hoffmann, 2001

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE JITTERS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the jitters is used in the context of the following news items.
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What's Giving the World Oil Market the Jitters
Fear and fundamentals are driving down oil prices. The fear arises from the unknown risks of the Greek and Iranian negotiations, and the panic in China's stock ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
'Strewn boulders, uprooted trees gave us the jitters'
Strewn boulders and uprooted trees along the road gave us the jitters,” recalled Mr. Gupta. Cancel Kedarnath plans. “We are waiting for clearance from the ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
3
Harvey Mackay: How to overcome the jitters and not choke
I recently came across a graduation speech by the valedictorian of a university law school. He began his remarks by acknowledging that he had difficulty ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 14»
4
Sorry, But Bananas Won't Calm Your Caffeine Jitters
"Folks, science has proven that bananas will stop the jitters and get your eyesight right after too many espressos," he told Serious Eats. As far as we can tell, the ... «NPR, Mar 13»
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Too much coffee? Banana won't calm jitters
Some baristas swear that bananas can cure your coffee jitters, but the science just ... "Folks, science has proven that bananas will stop the jitters and get your ... «KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest, Mar 13»
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Marc Haimes Gives Paramount the Jitters
Paramount buys Marc Haimes' script Jitters Marc Haimes, who went from DreamWorks executive to screenwriter, has just sold his latest script, entitled Jitters to ... «Dread Central, Oct 09»

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