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▪ I. judder, v.|ˈdʒʌdə(r)|
[Imit.; cf. shudder v.]
intr. To shake violently, esp. of the mechanism in cars, cameras, etc.; also of the voice in singing, to oscillate between greater and less intensity. Hence ˈjuddering vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1931A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle i. xii. 213 The train entered this tunnel. It entered slowly,..juddering in every bolt and rivet of its frame as the hurricane assaulted [it]. 1933Auden in M. Roberts New Country 197 His [sc. a motorcyclist's] back wheel juddered; he was off with a roar. 1958‘P. Bryant’ Two Hours to Doom 122 He felt the onset of compressibility vibration... The juddering stopped. 1960New Scientist 21 Apr. 1015/2 The drum must run perfectly true and not ‘judder’ at its circumference more than 1/1,000 inch. 1962Times 28 Feb. 14/6 All day long the school has been juddering and shuddering in the hysterical blasts of north-west wind. 1965Punch 3 Feb. 175/1 As the train juddered a few yards back towards Westminster, he flung a huge arm round my shoulder to steady himself. 1970Times 1 May 2/7 Driver Gwynn started the engine..with much..cranking and juddering. 1970Motoring Which? July 85/1 During our track tests the front brakes vibrated and juddered when used hard. 1971B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 120 Beggars with heroic deformities lay juddering in the gutter. 1973Weekly News (Glasgow) 11 Aug. 3/3 A sustained campaign has been under way on behalf of crippled people who are provided with those juddering little three-wheeled cars to get about in.
▪ II. judder, n.|ˈdʒʌdə(r)|
[f. prec.]
An instance or state of juddering.
1935Practical Motorist 26 Oct. 993/1 (heading) Curing clutch judder. 1946F. C. Field-Hyde Vocal Vibrato, Tremolo & Judder iii. 10 Judder consists of marked, rapid changes in intensity during the emission of tone, due to involuntary variations..of the vocal tension. 1952Times 18 Dec., A pronounced judder was felt..and in spite of two corrective movements of the control column [of the aircraft] the judder continued. 1956Sunday Times 28 Oct. 13/3 There is a little ‘judder’ from the steering wheel at speed, but it is not worrying. 1958Times Rev. Industry May 31/1 The coupling operates with the smoothness and absence of jerk or judder found in hydraulic devices. 1960O. Skilbeck ABC of Film & TV, Judder, violent vertical unsteadiness of picture due to faulty camera motion. 1972Daily Tel. 12 Apr. 13/5 It is not difficult to get a touch of wheelspin and axle judder by fierce acceleration in the lower gears. |