Jitter

Quick meaning: Jitter is a noun meaning A nervous action; a tic.

Meaning

A nervous action; a tic.

More Meanings

1. (telecommunications) An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
2. (data visualization) A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.
3. (intransitive) To be nervous.
4. (data visualization) To position data points randomly to avoid visual overlap.
5. (computing) A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.
6. (chiefly in the plural, often with "the") A state of nervousness.

Example Sentences

That creepy movie gave me the jitters.

Now you have mirror-clear TV without picture flopover, jitter, tear!

But Bolton deserve real credit, seeking to take advantage of their jitters at every opportunity in typically determined fashion.

Interviewer: How do you feel coming back here? What is constantly evoked in you when you see your center again back in Little Rock? Clinton: Well first of all if I don't come back about once a month I start to get the jitters.

Word Forms

• jitters
• jittering
• jittered

Synonyms for jitter

Depending on context, synonyms include fidget.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nerves, nervousness, wow, volatility, instability, vagueness.

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