Is it not concerning the way the markets jitter about these days?
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Jitter
//ˈd͡ʒɪtɚ//
Synonyms for "jitter" (3 found)
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31 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- нервност noun (state of nervousness; the jitters)
- тик noun (nervous action; a tic)
- треперене noun (nervous action; a tic)
Czech
3 entries- chvění noun (nervous action; a tic)
- třas noun (nervous action; a tic)
- třes noun (nervous action; a tic)
Dutch
1 entries- interferentie noun (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics)
Finnish
4 entries- huojunta noun (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics)
- jitter noun (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics)
- jännitys noun (state of nervousness; the jitters)
- nykiminen noun (nervous action; a tic)
French
2 entries- gigue noun (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics)
- tic nerveux noun (nervous action; a tic)
Georgian
3 entries- ნერვიულობა noun (state of nervousness; the jitters)
- ნერვული აღგზნება noun (nervous action; a tic)
- ნერვული შეტოკება noun (nervous action; a tic)
German
4 entries- Aufgeregtheit noun (state of nervousness; the jitters)
- Nervosität noun (state of nervousness; the jitters)
- Zittern noun (nervous action; a tic)
- bibbern verb (To be nervous)
Portuguese
2 entries- jitter noun (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics)
- tique nervoso noun (nervous action; a tic)
Russian
2 entries- джиттер noun (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics)
- дрожание noun (telecommunications: abrupt and unwanted variation of signal characteristics)
Spanish
2 entries- tembleque noun (state of nervousness; the jitters)
- tic nervioso noun (nervous action; a tic)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
That creepy movie gave me the jitters.
Source: wiktionary
But Bolton deserve real credit, seeking to take advantage of their jitters at every opportunity in typically determined fashion.
Source: wiktionary
It is a sunny morning in Amman and the three uniformed judges in Jordan’s state security court are briskly working their way through a pile of slim grey folders on the bench before them. Each details the charges against 25 or so defendants accused of supporting the fighters of the Islamic State (Isis), now rampaging across Syria and Iraq under their sinister black banners and sending nervous jitters across the Arab world.
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