judder

English

WOTD – 3 January 2010

judder (countable and uncountable, plural judders)

A spasmodic shaking.
(television) Jerky playback caused by converting between frame rates; telecine judder

a spasmodic shaking

Bulgarian: треперене (bg) n (treperene)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 震动 (zh), 震颤 (zh)
Danish: bævren c, rysten c
Finnish: kouristus (fi), kouristelu (fi); vavahtelu
French: secousse (fr), spasme (fr), saccade (fr), clonie (fr), convulsion (fr), ébranlement (fr)
Italian: scossa (it)
Polish: wstrząs (pl) m
Russian: вибра́ция (ru) f (vibrácija), дрожание (ru) n (drožanije)
Spanish: sacudida (es), espasmo (es), convulsión (es), estremecimiento (es)

judder (third-person singular simple present judders, present participle juddering, simple past and past participle juddered)

(intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.
- 2000, Mark Gatiss, “chapter 20”, in Last of the Gaderene:
  Captain McGarrigle, however, seemed to be in trouble. He was breathing stertorously, his throat and chest juddering like those of an asthmatic.
(intransitive) To move with a stop-start motion, as if experiencing a strong resistance or when decelerating brusquely.
To judder to a halt

to spasm or shake violently

Bulgarian: треперя (bg) (treperja), вибрирам (bg) (vibriram)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 震动 (zh), 震颤 (zh)
Danish: bævre
Dutch: schokken (nl)
Finnish: kouristella (fi); vavahdella (fi)
French: secouer (fr), se spasmer (fr), se contracter, convulsionner (fr), ébranler (fr)
Greenlandic: aalaqqajuppoq
Italian: scrollare
Russian: вибри́ровать (ru) (vibrírovatʹ), дрожа́ть (ru) (drožátʹ), колеба́ться (ru) (kolebátʹsja)
Spanish: sacudir (es), zarandear (es), convulsionar (es), estremecer (es)