Definitions for jitters

jitters jit·ter

Spelling: [jit-er]
IPA: /ˈdʒɪt ər/

Jitters is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in jitters (eijrstt).

Definitions for jitters

noun

  1. jitters, nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness (usually preceded by the):
  2. fluctuations in the image on a television screen or in copy received by facsimile transmission, caused by interference or by momentary failures of synchronization.
  3. jitters, nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness (usually preceded by the):
  4. fluctuations in the image on a television screen or in copy received by facsimile transmission, caused by interference or by momentary failures of synchronization.

verb (used without object)

  1. to behave nervously.
  2. to behave nervously.

Origin of jitters

1920-25; variant of chitter to shiver (Middle English chiteren), gradational variant of chatter

Examples for jitters

From mochaccino to Mary Jane, from jitter juice to joint, from java to ganja, say bye-bye barista, hello pot-ista.

The police might tell her she had been seized with a plain case of jitters.

A stiff jolt of elderberry wine drove off the jitters and reasoning returned.

After 10 minutes or so, I feel like I drank a small cup of coffee—minus the jitters.

The whole earth had the jitters because of the apparently inevitable trial of strength between its two most gigantic powers.

No wonder that medical scare left us with a case of the jitters.

So much for a pre-board glass of wine, here you can calm your jitters with a pre-flight drag.

But all this didn't justify a case of jitters in the "basket room."

It was a case of the jitters, a nation primed to jump at the word “Boo!”

Ive had the jitters ever since those fellows got away again.

It is a very British take on the mishaps, family drama, and last minute jitters of a bride on the day of her wedding.

Word Value for jitters
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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