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JITTERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jitters mean? 

JITTERS (noun)
  The noun JITTERS has 1 sense:

1. extreme nervousnessplay

  Familiarity information: JITTERS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JITTERS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Extreme nervousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

heebie-jeebies; jitters; screaming meemies

Hypernyms ("jitters" is a kind of...):

nerves; nervousness (an uneasy psychological state)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))


 Context examples 


An uneasy psychological state; the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters.

(Nervousness, NCI Thesaurus)



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