judder

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌdə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌdɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)

judder (countable and uncountable, plural judders)

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

• judder bar
• juddery

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

1. (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.

2. (intransitive) To move with a stop-start motion, as if experiencing a strong resistance or when decelerating brusquely.

   To judder to a halt

• shudder