Modifying Another Word

• little: Due to a problem with the sound system my voice may sound a little jittery.

• so: Food and drink was placed before us, but by now I was so jittery I couldn't even think of eating or drinking.

• very: Jilly knocks over a vase, and Carol, who is already getting very jittery, sends her outside to play.

• still: I will have to only give brief details, as I am still jittery one week on!

• too: Last night, too jittery to follow their instincts, they acted as if they really did yearn to be spoilers.

• understandably: After the infamous Roskilde disaster where they swore they'd never play a festival again the band are understandably jittery.

Modifies a noun

• pattern: For the month jittery random sound patterns their salsa gets.

• market: Jittery property market Confused by Sydney's real estate market?

• moment: For a jittery moment she stared at the model, wondering what to do next.

• nerve: The coastal firing had been triggered, he said, by a false alarm and jittery nerves.

• guitar: Jittery guitars, pulsing bass and staccato drum rolls lock together to blow away the cobwebs in the Vine.

• minute: The Uruguayan got in a fine challenge to dent Byfield seconds later with the visitors enduring a jittery few minutes.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: We'd go bonkers if our minds made us feel equally jittery about every bomb in every corner of the world.

• get: But the studios got jittery, as is their way, and Potter died in 1994.

• look: Nigel also looks jittery at the edge of the box.

• become: But Slough were spurred on and, as the fans became jittery, so too did the players.