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JUDDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does judder mean?
• JUDDER (verb)
The verb JUDDER has 1 sense:
1. shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
Familiarity information: JUDDER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
judder; shake
Context example:
The old engine was juddering
Hypernyms (to "judder" is one way to...):
vibrate (shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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