Meaning & use
Jittered
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Past tense of "jitter"; moved with small, quick, nervous movements, or experienced brief, erratic signal variation in electronics.
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Her hands jittered slightly as she waited for the interview to begin.
The video feed jittered noticeably whenever the connection weakened.
A note on using this word
Beyond describing nervous movement, "jitter" is a technical term in electronics and computing for unwanted variation in a signal's timing.
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