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A jitter is literally a repetitive, uncontrolled movement like a nervous twitch. The expression 'jitters' means nervous, jumpy, or unsettled. The word is often used to describe erratic movement of this type. As an expression 'jitter' is dated, but is used as a variant on 'spasmodic' 'staccato' and similar words. In the 1940s there was a dance called the 'jitterbug'.
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