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[ US /ˈdʒɪtɝi/ ]
[ UK /d‍ʒˈɪtəɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characterized by jerky movements
    a jittery ride
  2. 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
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