to feel jit
- phrasal verb
- Philippine
:
sentir nervios
- I always feel jit before a big presentation.
Examples
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There's no reason to feel jit about your interview—you'll do great!
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Do you feel jit when speaking in public?
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I always feel jit before speaking in front of a large crowd.
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She admitted she was feeling jit as the exam day approached.
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I always feel jit before speaking in front of a large crowd.
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She admitted she was feeling jit as the exam day approached.
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There's no reason to feel jit about your interview—you'll do great!
Synonyms
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1.9
To be physically or emotionally uneasy
To feel very nervous while waiting for something important
To be nervous and unable to sit still because of worry or excitement
Antonyms
How Nervous
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- Philippine
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Surface Forms
Morphology
feel + jit
The verb 'feel' is transparent but the constituent 'jit' is not a standard dictionary item and appears to be slang or a clipped form (e.g. of 'jitters'). Because the meaning depends on knowledge of this non-standard element rather than a regular compositional pattern, a B1 learner who merely knows 'feel' but not the dialectal sense of 'jit' would not be able to derive the MWE meaning. This makes the expression unpredictable and effectively opaque for typical learners.
Etymology
Feel jit comes from the word jitters, which describes the small shakes your body makes when you are nervous. So to feel jit means to feel 'nervous' or 'anxious', like your hands or stomach are shaking before an important event.