hytistä — meaning in English

English meaning

• dither verb To quiver, shudder, or shake.
• palpitate verb Of the heart, to beat unusually fast, hard or irregularly, so that you become aware of it.
• shiver verb To tremble briefly, usually from cold, fear, or a strong emotion.
• wiggle verb To move with small, quick side-to-side or back-and-forth motions.

Senses

hytistä is used for these senses in English:

• dither (figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
• palpitate (intransitive) To shake tremulously
• wiggle (transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.

dither — full definition

1. verb To quiver, shudder, or shake.
2. verb To keep changing your mind or put off deciding something.
3. verb To act in a nervous, fidgety way.
4. verb (computing) To add small random variation to digital data or an image, to smooth out visible steps in color or sound.

palpitate — full definition

1. verb Of the heart, to beat unusually fast, hard or irregularly, so that you become aware of it.
2. verb To tremble or quiver, especially with fear or excitement.

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