Meaning & use
jittery
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Nervous, restless, or trembling, especially from anxiety, fear, or too much caffeine.
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He felt jittery before walking on stage.
Too much coffee left her jittery and unable to focus.
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Derives from 'jitters,' a word of uncertain origin first recorded in American English in the early twentieth century.
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