Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or feeling nervous unease.
- adjective Marked by jittering movements.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective being in a tense state; easily upset or frightened; -- of a person.
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- adjective
nervy ,jumpy ,on edge
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by jerky movements
- adjective being in a tense state
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Examples
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Gord stood nearby in jittery indecision — encouraged by hunger, restrained by fear.
1977, part 2: The Lord of the Rinky-Dink superversive 2007
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The technology was so named because it transmits stolen data in jittery chunks — by adding nearly imperceptible processing delays after a keystroke, and for the jitters such a bug could inspire in anyone with secure data to safeguard.
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They are named "JitterBugs," for both the way they transmit stolen data in "jittery" chunks and for the "jitters" they could inspire in anyone with secure data to safeguard.
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Altogether an unimpressive performance - looked jittery from the start and did not play with confidence or purpose.
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This mix makes for a short term jittery market and certainly a flexible approach will remain.
FXstreet.com 2008
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The less-than-panicky call it jittery response by world markets on Monday to debt-talk failures has strengthened the right-wing argument that a default is no catastrophe.
Craig Crawford: Y2K Syndrome Infects Debt Debate Craig Crawford 2011
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The less-than-panicky call it jittery response by world markets on Monday to debt-talk failures has strengthened the right-wing argument that a default is no catastrophe.
Craig Crawford: Y2K Syndrome Infects Debt Debate Craig Crawford 2011
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The less-than-panicky call it jittery response by world markets on Monday to debt-talk failures has strengthened the right-wing argument that a default is no catastrophe.
Craig Crawford: Y2K Syndrome Infects Debt Debate Craig Crawford 2011
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The less-than-panicky call it jittery response by world markets on Monday to debt-talk failures has strengthened the right-wing argument that a default is no catastrophe.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Craig Crawford 2011
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He was close to a breakdown by January 1943, and his weak performance briefing the Com bined Chiefs of Staff at the Casablanca conference — Roosevelt thought him "jittery" — nearly led to his resignation.
Eisenhower's Pit Bull Antony Beevor 2010
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