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The correct spelling is jitters.

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noun

Say it like: Jit-ter-s

The correct spelling is jitters. A nervous action; a tic. For example: "That creepy movie gave me the jitters."

Usage Examples

That creepy movie gave me the jitters.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A nervous action; a tic.
  2. 2.(chiefly in the plural, often with "the") A state of nervousness.
  3. 3.An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics.
  4. 4.(data visualization) A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap.
  5. 5.A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.

verb

  1. 1.To be nervous.
  2. 2.(data visualization) To randomly position of data points to avoid visual overlap.

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