Jactitate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

move or stir about violently

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˈæktᵻtˌeɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˈaktɪtˌeɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˈaktɪtˌeɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /dʒˈæktᵻtˌeɪt/.

Examples

The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

thresh thresh about slash thrash about convulse toss thrash

Parts of Speech

verb	move or stir about violently “The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed”

Word Forms

thrash	noun	a swimming kick used while treading water
toss	noun	an abrupt movement
jactitation	noun	(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

jactiter

bouger ou remuer violemment

🇪🇸Spanish

jactarse

moverse o agitarse violentamente

🇮🇹Italian

jattitato

muoversi o agitarsi violentemente

🇳🇱Dutch

jacteren

heftig bewegen of bewegen

🇵🇹Portuguese

jactitar

mover ou mexer violentamente

🇷🇺Russian

информировать

резко двигаться или шевелиться

India

🇧🇩Bengali

জ্যাকটেট

সরানো বা হিংস্রভাবে সম্পর্কে আলোড়ন

🇮🇳Tamil

ஜாக்டிடேட்

வன்முறையில் நகர்த்தவும் அல்லது கிளறவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

జాక్టిటేట్

హింసాత్మకంగా కదిలించు లేదా కదిలించు

🇮🇳Gujarati

જેક્ટિટેટ

હિંસક રીતે ખસેડો અથવા હલાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜಾಕ್ಟಿಟೇಟ್

ಹಿಂಸಾತ್ಮಕವಾಗಿ ಸರಿಸಿ ಅಥವಾ ಬೆರೆಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജാക്റ്റിറ്റേറ്റ്

അക്രമാസക്തമായി നീങ്ങുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഇളക്കുക

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

果酸

剧烈移动或搅动

🇯🇵Japanese

覚せいする

激しく動いたり、かき回したりする

🇰🇷Korean

재촉하다

격렬하게 움직이거나 휘젓다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nói nhỏ

di chuyển hoặc khuấy động dữ dội

🇹🇭Thai

นั่งเล่น

ขยับหรือกวนอย่างรุนแรง

🇵🇭Filipino

mag-jactitate

gumalaw o gumalaw nang marahas

🇲🇾Malay

menyuntik

bergerak atau kacau dengan kuat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جاكتيتات

التحرك أو التحريك بعنف

🇮🇷Persian

جکتیت کردن

حرکت یا تکان دادن شدید

🇹🇷Turkish

jaktitat

şiddetle hareket etmek veya hareket etmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

לשכנע

לזוז או לבחוש באלימות

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