Jitter Definition

jĭtər
jittered, jitters
verb
To be unsteady with many small, rapid movements.
Webster's New World
To be nervous; have the jitters; fidget.
Webster's New World
noun
An unsteady condition in which there are many small, rapid movements.
Webster's New World
A jittering movement; a tic.
American Heritage
A fit of nervousness. Often used with the.
American Heritage
Uneven fluctuations in a video or audio signal, causing distortion.
Webster's New World
An unwanted variation in the arrival times of a sequence of data packets over a digital network.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
the jitters
  • a very uneasy, nervous feeling; the fidgets
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Jitter

Noun

Singular:
jitter
Plural:
jitters

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Jitter

  • the jitters

Origin of Jitter

  • Possibly alteration of chitter (“tremble, shiver”), from Middle English chittern (“to twitter, chatter”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps alteration of chitter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • jit +‎ -er

    From Wiktionary

Jitter Sentence Examples

  • O.I.S minimizes the jitter from shaky hands that causes many photos to look blurred.

  • Sound Quality 588 maximizes sound quality by reducing jitter to very low levels.

  • Significantly increased jitter was present in PPS patients as compared to normal controls at all 5 stimulation frequencies studied.

  • I am getting vertical jitter on my DVD playback.

  • There may be several reasons for the finding of increased jitter with HFS in only 1/3 of PPS patients.

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Words Starting With

JJIJIT

Words Ending With

RERTER

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Words Starting With J and Ending With R

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With J6 Letter Words Ending With R