juddering
present participle ofjudder
judder
verb[I]
UKuk/ˈdʒʌd.ər/us/ˈdʒʌd.ɚ/(USshudder)(especiallyof avehicle) toshakeviolently:
Thetrainjudderedto ahalt.
Synonyms
shake
shudder
Making short, sudden movements
- aquiver
- convulse
- convulsion
- convulsive
- cringe
- flick
- jerkiness
- jerky
- jig
- jiggle
- jiggly
- pull away
- quiver
- shrink
- shudder
- squirm
- tremulous
- whip
- worry atsomething
- wriggle
Examplesofjuddering
juddering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Despite the eruption of fire and metal, despite thejudderingupheaval, nature had come through unscathed.
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Had he really attempted to break through the social and political hierarchies of his time, the war effort would have come to ajudderinghalt much earlier.
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It only needs one or two of those things not to happen for the whole process to comejudderingto a halt.
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The one way to bring itjudderingto a stop is to bring the unions back into the process.
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The decision makers faced an expanding economy and did not foresee that the development would come to ajudderinghalt.
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They over-committed themselves in the boom days and for them life in the economic sense has come to ajudderinghalt.
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At certain speeds coaches can suddenly startjudderingviolently from one side to another.
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It has beenjudderingand screaming like that for at least three weeks.
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It is not only its volume but the character of the noise which is unsettling andjuddering, like a pneumatic drill, whether in residential areas or quiet country lanes.
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Although he has been adept at spotting spammers' new moves and devices, he said last week that the menace could bring the e-mail systemjudderingto a halt.
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At this speed seriousjudderingoccurred due to the imbalance caused by the twin-cylinder configuration.
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- exclusive province
- exclusive reliance on
- exclusive territory
- exclusive zone
- exclusivity
- excommunicate
- excommunicated
- excommunicating
- excommunication
- excoriate
- excoriated
- excoriating
- ex-coupon
- ex-coupon
- excrement
- excrescence
- excreta
- excrete
- excreted
- excreting
- excretion
- excruciating
- excruciatingly
- excruciating pain
- exculpate