Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SACCADE
jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade
(noun) an abrupt spasmodic movement
saccade
(noun) a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
saccade (plural saccades)
(rare) A sudden jerking movement.
A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another.
The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
(music) The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.
Verb
saccade (third-person singular simple present saccades, present participle saccading, simple past and past participle saccaded)
(of the eye) To make a rapid jerking movement to focus elsewhere.
Anagrams
• Cascade, cascade
Source: Wiktionary
Sac*cade", n. Etym: [F.] (Man.)
Definition: A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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