Both Uses of
intermittent
in
The Great Gatsby
- The prolonged and tumultuous argument that ended by herding us into that room eludes me, though I have a sharp physical memory that, in the course of it, my underwear kept climbing like a damp snake around my legs and intermittent beads of sweat raced cool across my back.†
p. 126.3intermittent = stopping and starting
- The music had died down as the ceremony began and now a long cheer floated in at the window, followed by intermittent cries of "Yea — ea — ea!" and finally by a burst of jazz as the dancing began.†
p. 128.2 *
Definition:
stopping and starting -- especially at irregular intervals