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Definition: Jittery |
JitteryAdjective1. Being in a tense state. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: JitterySynonyms: edgy (adj), highly strung (adj), high-strung (adj), in suspense(p) (adj), jumpy (adj), nervy (adj), overstrung (adj), restive (adj), uptight (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Now don't get jittery, Luke. (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi; writing credit: George Lucas; Lawrence Kasdan) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Jittery Jester (1958) | |
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 | Hot under the collar; anxious; afraid; aghast; antsy; apprehensive; basket case; bugged; butterflies; careful; choked; clutched; concerned; disquieted; distressed; disturbed; dreading; fearful; fidgety; fretful; hacked; hyper; in suspense; jittery; jumpy. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Jittery" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 86.21% of the time. "Jittery" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 86.21% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (singular) | 10.34% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jittery | 5 |
jittery joes | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "jittery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nervoz (edgy, excitable, fidgety, irritable, nervous, neural, restless), i shqetësuar (agitated, anxious, apprehensive, concerned, distempered, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fidgety, flurried, flustered, preoccupied, restless, troubled, troublous, uneasy, vexed, worried), i paqetë (anxious, apprehensive, unquiet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نرفز, شديد النرفزة والهياج. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нервен (edgy, fidgety, jerky, jumpy, nervous, nervy, neural, neurotic, on edge, ratty, restless, snuffy, spooky, windy), паникьосан (panic stricken, panicky, scared), изплашен (afraid, all shook-up, chicken, frightened, frightening, panicky, planet-stricken, planet-struck, shook-up, streaky, timorous, windy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 紧 (jittering, nerve-racking, Nervous, stressful, tension, uptight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ztrémovaný, vylekaný, nervózní (fussy, high strung, highly strung, ill tempered, jumpy, nervous, nervy, neurotic, on edge, overstrung, overwrought, tense, unsettled, uptight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وحشت زده وعصبی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nerveux (jitterbug), agité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nervös (agitated, edgy, fussed, high strung, jumpily, jumpy, nervous, nervously, nervy, on edge, tense, tensely, uptight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νευρικόσ (edgy, fidgety, jerky, jumpy, nervous, nervy, neural, petulant, self conscious), φοβισμένοσ (afraid, apprehensive, eerie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מעוצבן (nerve racked, nervous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | izgulós, ijedős (fractious, milquetoastish, scary, shy, skittish, timorous, weak-kneed), ideges (edgy, fazed, fidgety, flustered, have butterflies in one's stomach, have cold feet, have the needles, het up, high strung, highly strung, jumpy, migraine, nervous, nervy, neurotic, restive, restless, skittish, stroppy, to be in a tantrum, to be on edge, to feel nervous, to feel rum, to jitter, uptight, vexed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | gugup (groggy, nervous, panicky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nervoso (edgy, incisive, irritable, jumpy, nervous, nervy, sinewy, tense, touchy, worked up), irritabile (bad tempered, crotchety, edgy, excitable, fretful, irritable, petulant, snappish, techy, testy, tetchy, touchy, vinegary), agitato (agitated, fussy, haywire, hectic, jumpy, nervous, overwrought, restive, restless, troubled, turbulent, upset, wild). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | nervøs (agitated, excitable, fraught, jumpy, nervous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itteryjay пугливый (fearful, flighty, scary, shivery, skittish, timid). (various references) nervozan (edgy, jumpy, nervous). (various references) muy agitado (wrought). (various references) skakis (Dickey, dicky). (various references) ที่กระวนกระวายใจ. (various references) siniri tepesinde (as cross as two sticks, pissed off), korku içinde, gergin (drawn, high strung, highly strung, jumpy, nervous, nervy, on a knife-edge, on edge, on pins and needles, skittish, spread, stiff, strained, stressfull, stretched, taut, tense, tight, uptight). (various references) тремтячий (faltering, palsied, quaking, quavery, shivery, trembling, trembly, tremulant, tremulous, vacillating), нервовий (high strung, highly strung, jumpy, nerval, nervous, nervy, neural, neurotic), лякливий (flighty, wild). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Jittery" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jictar, jitar, jittar, jitti, jutter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "jittery" (pronounced ji"terē) |
| 4 | -i" t er ē | glittery. |
| 3 | -t er ē | adultery, alimentary, artery, battery, blustery, buttery, complimentary, contradictory, coterie, directory, documentary, eatery, effrontery, factory, flattery, history, introductory, lottery, mastery, mystery, notary, olfactory, parliamentary, peremptory, perfunctory, pottery, premonitory, protohistory, rectory, refractory, rotary, rudimentary, satisfactory, sedimentary, splintery, supplementary, testamentary, trajectory, unsatisfactory, upholstery, valedictory, victory, watery. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-j-r-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: jitter, trijet. | |
-2 letters: jetty, titer, titre, trite. | |
-3 letters: rite, tier, tire, tret, trey, tyer, tyre, yeti, yett. | |
-4 letters: ire, jet, rei, ret, rye, tet, tie, tit, try, tye, yet. | |
-5 letters: er, et, it, re, ti, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-j-r-t-t-y" | |
+5 letters: interjectory. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 69 74 74 65 72 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01101001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J i t t e r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0069 0074 0074 0065 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)44758686718491 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Norwegian | norvegjez, نرويجى, النرويجية, النرويجى, اللغة النروجية, норвежка, норвежки език, норвежки, норвежец, 挪威语, norský, norvégien, Norweger, Νορβηγός, νορβηγόσ, νορβηγικόσ, norvég, norvegese, norsk, норвежский, norvežanin, norveški jezik, norveški, noruego, norrman, norveçli, Norveçce, Norveçlí, norveççe, norveç, норвежці, норвезька мова, норвезький, норвежець | |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, russisk, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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