Captain McGarrigle, however, seemed to be in trouble. He was breathing stertorously, his throat and chest juddering like those of an asthmatic.
Source: wiktionary
Judder
//ˈd͡ʒʌdɚ//
Synonyms for "judder" (7 found)
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45 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- треперене noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- вибрирам verb (to spasm or shake violently)
- треперя verb (to spasm or shake violently)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 震動 /震动 noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- 震顫 /震颤 noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- 震動 /震动 verb (to spasm or shake violently)
- 震顫 /震颤 verb (to spasm or shake violently)
Czech
1 entries- třes noun (a spasmodic shaking)
Danish
3 entries- bævren noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- rysten noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- bævre verb (to spasm or shake violently)
Dutch
1 entries- schokken verb (to spasm or shake violently)
Finnish
4 entries- kouristelu noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- kouristus noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- vavahtelu noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- kouristella verb (to spasm or shake violently)
French
4 entries- clonie noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- convulsion noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- saccade noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- secousse noun (a spasmodic shaking)
Greenlandic
1 entries- aalaqqajuppoq verb (to spasm or shake violently)
Italian
2 entries- scossa noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- scrollare verb (to spasm or shake violently)
Polish
1 entries- wstrząs noun (a spasmodic shaking)
Russian
4 entries- вибра́ция noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- дрожание noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- вибри́ровать verb (to spasm or shake violently)
- дрожа́ть verb (to spasm or shake violently)
Spanish
4 entries- convulsión noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- espasmo noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- estremecimiento noun (a spasmodic shaking)
- sacudida noun (a spasmodic shaking)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
To judder to a halt
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