judder

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verb

jud·​der ˈjə-dər 

juddered; juddering; judders

intransitive verb

chiefly British

: to vibrate with intensity

the engine stalled and kept juddering

—Roy Spicer

judder

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noun

chiefly British

: the action or sound of juddering

Synonyms

Verb

• agitate
• bucket
• convulse
• jerk
• jiggle
• joggle
• jolt
• jounce
• quake
• quiver
• shake
• shudder
• vibrate
• wobble
• wabble

Examples of judder in a Sentence

Verb

the engine began to judder alarmingly just a few miles outside of Brighton

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Dan Kenyon’s dense sound design is another highly effective component, often blurring the lines between ambient noise and composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s chilling score, which incorporates clanking, groaning, juddering industrial sounds and leans heavily into distortion. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024

But the visceral sound design provides plenty of distraction, making the audience feel every clanking industrial noise and juddering movement, every pummeling of turbulence and rocky landing in the pit of their stomachs. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024

Noun

There’s an occasional stutter effect on the TCL, more pronounced judder, and more sense of resolution loss from panel blur. —John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024

Choose a Custom Picture Clarity, though, and set the projector’s judder reduction tool to level one or two, and the digital artefacts and excessive smoothness all fade away, leaving you with a picture that looks clean and cinematic. —John Archer, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Verb

probably alteration of shudder

First Known Use

Verb

1931, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1935, in the meaning defined above