Definition of Jittering

1. Adjective. Undergoing small rapid variations.

Similar to: Changeable, Changeful

Definition of Jittering

1. Verb. (present participle of jitter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jittering

1. jitter [v] - See also: jitter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jittering

jits
jitted
jitter
jitterbug
jitterbugged
jitterbugger
jitterbuggers
jitterbugging
jitterbugs
jittered
jitterier
jitteriest
jitterily
jitteriness
jitterinesses
jittering (current term)
jitteringly
jitters
jittery
jitting
jitty
jiu
jiu-jitsu
jiujitsu
jiujitsus
jiujutsu
jiujutsus
jiva
jivanmukta
jivanmuktas

Literary usage of Jittering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hall Alderson, William Selwyn (1819)
"And the circumstance of Lombard's jittering with him in the passages cited rather strengthens it. For from this opinion Lombard does not express any dissent ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1895)
":g:Swift as he could the King pursued, * jittering words that were highly rude; put after a time he stopped to laugh, for both of the wheels had snapped in ..."

3. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey (1896)
"From star to star the living lightnings flash. And jittering' crowns of prostrate sera^Aim. ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1824)
"The eastern head-land of this bay lies in latitude about 74° 59', and in longitude 183 15'W., jittering from the meridian given to it by the best charts ..."

5. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1845)
"... is one peculiar to itself, and jittering much in its usages from that of the United States; consequently, the annexed table would present many anomalies ..."

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