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US
/ˈdʒɪtɝi/
]
[ UK /dʒˈɪtəɹi/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈɪtəɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
characterized by jerky movements
a jittery ride - being in a tense state
How To Use jittery In A Sentence
- Caffeine makes me jittery, so I prefer decaffeinated tea.
- The show opened as a surreal oasis of calm and culture in a tense and jittery city. Times, Sunday Times
- Although markets were jittery during the day as votes in the key state of Ohio were counted, stocks were buoyed after Mr Kerry conceded defeat.
- There I was sitting in my chair, jittery with adrenaline and close to peeing my pants, fearful of the imposing figure in the center of the room.
- I get really jittery if I drink too much coffee.
- It was probably the tension that made him jittery.
- Heavy, blackout material, I noted, and glanced around, no less jittery now that I could see. NIGHT SISTERS
- Warp speed, back to the sounds of 80's pop and those jittery keyboard blips!
- The board, no less afflicted than the fans, become jittery. Times, Sunday Times
- He has succeeding in "seeling" his moral vision — sewing his eyelids shut, as falconers did to tame their jittery birds — so that even the most spectacular signs and wonders leave him indifferent. In the Night Kitchen