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Webster 1913 Edition
Dudder
Dud′der
,Verb.
T.
[In Suffolk, Eng., to shiver, shake, tremble; also written
dodder
.] To confuse or confound with noise.
Jennings.
Dud′der
,Verb.
I.
To shiver or tremble; to dodder.
I
dudder
and shake like an aspen leaf. Ford.
Dud′der
,Noun.
[From
Duds
.] A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.
[Eng.]
Definition 2024
dudder
dudder
English
Noun
dudder (plural dudders)
- (Britain, dated) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.
Etymology 2
Related to dodder.
Verb
dudder (third-person singular simple present dudders, present participle duddering, simple past and past participle duddered)
- (transitive) To confuse or confound with noise.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jennings to this entry?)
- (intransitive) To shiver or tremble; to dodder.
- Ford
- I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf.
- Ford