jitters
nervousness
TRANSLATION
der Bammel, der Tatterich
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Whatever measures the US and her allies decide on in future, a lot of machinery is already in place to ensure that, when America gets the JITTERS, things grind to a halt. The heightened security over flight BA223 came from Washington. Delays and cancellations, as Transport Secretary Alastair Darling has pointed out, may just be something we have to get used to.
(BBC 3 - 3rd February 2004)
(BBC 3 - 3rd February 2004)
Did you
know?
jitters
An interesting word for which we have lots of synonyms:
agitation, ants (in your pants), apprehension, botheration, butterflies, cabin fever, butterflies (in your stomach), cold sweat, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, excitability, fidgets, flap, fluster, fuss, heebie-jeebies, impatience, jimjams, jitters, jumps, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, stage fright, stew, stress, sweat, tension, tizzy, to-do, touchiness, trembles, tremulousness, uneasiness, willies, worry
Tell this
STORY to a friend
and practice using "jitters" today:
One evening after World War II, the legendary ballerina Margot Fonteyn attended a "Bal Negre" in Paris. "I was fascinated as I watched the black dancers," she later recalled. "One of them invited me on to the floor. I thought it rude to refuse, and despite having the JITTERS stepped out, trying to follow his rhythm and movement. He steered me once around the hall then returned me to my table saying, 'You're an attractive girl, it's too bad you can't dance.'"
An interesting word for which we have lots of synonyms:
agitation, ants (in your pants), apprehension, botheration, butterflies, cabin fever, butterflies (in your stomach), cold sweat, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, excitability, fidgets, flap, fluster, fuss, heebie-jeebies, impatience, jimjams, jitters, jumps, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, stage fright, stew, stress, sweat, tension, tizzy, to-do, touchiness, trembles, tremulousness, uneasiness, willies, worry
Tell this
STORY to a friend
and practice using "jitters" today:
One evening after World War II, the legendary ballerina Margot Fonteyn attended a "Bal Negre" in Paris. "I was fascinated as I watched the black dancers," she later recalled. "One of them invited me on to the floor. I thought it rude to refuse, and despite having the JITTERS stepped out, trying to follow his rhythm and movement. He steered me once around the hall then returned me to my table saying, 'You're an attractive girl, it's too bad you can't dance.'"
