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JUDDER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
Example:
The old engine was juddering
Synonyms:
judder; shake
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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