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Definition of Jittering
1. Adjective. Undergoing small rapid variations.
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
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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