judder

verb

ˈjə-dər How to pronounce judder (audio)
Definition of juddernext
chiefly British
as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements the engine began to judder alarmingly just a few miles outside of Brighton

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Recent Examples of judder Near-kisses are halted not by cutesy disruptions but by juddering acts of terror; the complicating third corner of the love triangle isn’t a sad-sack boyfriend but an ex-husband out for vicious revenge. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Feb. 2026 Well, after years of stuttering, pausing, juddering, waiting for the goalkeeper to dive and then rolling spot kicks meekly into the net, Nick Woltemade may have just reversed the trend. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025 Hers is prose in which sentences judder and disintegrate and run over each other. — Book Marks august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 We’re inundated with remakes—recognizable storylines and premises that repeat the familiar rather than juddering-ly rearrange our worldview. — Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for judder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for judder
  1. shake
  2. shudder
  3. jerk
  4. vibrate
Verb
  • Sitake winds up practice with a prayer and insists that the defense and offense shake hands after going at one another all day.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Mothers who beat, shook, shot, drowned, strangled, and stabbed their babies.
    — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of shake
Verb
  • Indiana Jones would shudder, but for herpetologist Scott Ballard, a slither doesn't produce a sliver of fear.
    — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Conservatives shuddered to think how close the country had come to permanent entangling alliances.
    — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of shudder
Verb
  • During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Drivers should never swerve or jerk the steering wheel, the state patrol said.
    — Celia Frazier, Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of jerk
Verb
  • While the paintings may not be physically vibrating, their compositions resonate with a similar intensity.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • One man said his apartment was vibrating Wednesday night as crews worked nearby.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of vibrate

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“Judder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/judder. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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