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  • verb Present participle of jitter.

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  • adjective undergoing small rapid variations

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Examples

  • The television offers 24p playback for Blu-rays that began as film-based material, and doesn't suffer from the "jittering" of LCD's during fast motion or camera pans (or not as much anyway).

    Breaking News - The Post Chronicle 2009

  • If you have tried the 21 model, it also had the jittering issue.

    Turn A Macbook Into A Tablet Computer | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • In moments, the dark corridor was silent again, hunks of jittering flesh lying all around.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • In moments, the dark corridor was silent again, hunks of jittering flesh lying all around.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Emma's enormous eyes peered over the crocheted lavender angora like flying saucers—jittering in flight above a serene spring meadow.

    Truth at a Bonsai Booth Paula Ray 2011

  • In moments, the dark corridor was silent again, hunks of jittering flesh lying all around.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • In moments, the dark corridor was silent again, hunks of jittering flesh lying all around.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • The clacking ventilator reminds me of the ice cubes rattling in your highball the nights I nagged you to stop, your hands jittering between the glass and the cigarette, but your yellowed fingers stabbed and twisted the butt into ashes, proving you did not love me.

    Bookends of a Life: II 2010

  • ONLY three times in my life have I been so scared that I trembled -- legs quivering, hands jittering, heart out of control.

    Frank Bruni Details Driver's License Saga For The Times 2010

  • ONLY three times in my life have I been so scared that I trembled -- legs quivering, hands jittering, heart out of control.

    Frank Bruni Details Driver's License Saga For The Times 2010

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