Jittering

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or motion of one who jitters.

    "The Trout (Die Forelle) was horribly knackering to perform with its continuous high energy and light convulsive jitterings, which covered the entire stage space."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of jitter form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    undergoing small rapid variations wordnet

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"The Trout (Die Forelle) was horribly knackering to perform with its continuous high energy and light convulsive jitterings, which covered the entire stage space."

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