According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
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
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
9 May 2025
RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
Coffee Trivia
