MEANING
To vibrate or shake rapidly with an uneven, jolting motion.
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Words that belong together
- an engine judders
- judder to a halt
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The engine juddered before the lights dimmed.
The carriage juddered to a halt beside the empty platform.
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Word forms
- Base
- judder
- Past tense
- juddered
- Past participle
- juddered
- Present participle
- juddering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- judder
- Present continuous
- am/is/are juddering
- Present perfect
- have/has juddered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been juddering
- Past
- juddered
- Past continuous
- was/were juddering
- Past perfect
- had juddered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been juddering
- Future
- will judder
- Future continuous
- will be juddering
- Future perfect
- will have juddered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been juddering
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: judder; judders; juddered; juddered; juddering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: judders.
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