Juddering
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Judder is an intransitive verb which means to shake and shudder violently. It is a term most generally used to describe the behavior of machinery in extreme conditions just before failure. Tony Blair's economy has been described thus[1]. The rapid repeating of a phrase of music by an electronic playback device has also been described this way[2], as well as the behavior of an automobile[3], and scorpions during their mating dance[4].
This word appears to be common in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Nations, but is unfamiliar (except perhaps by inference) to most Americans.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4459656
- ^ http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-10153-0.html?forumID=98&threadID=187819&messageID=2040727
- ^ http://www.4x4uk.org/faq/index.php?action=artikel&cat=16&id=53&artlang=en and http://www.vectorbd.com/peugeot/archive/20n/2004/Jun/0000.html
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion
