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dudder | dodder |

As a noun dudder

is (uk|dated) a peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.

As a verb dudder

is to confuse or confound with noise.

As a proper noun dodder is

a river in ireland, a tributary of the liffey.

dudder

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, dated) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.
  • Etymology 2

    Related to dodder.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To confuse or confound with noise.
  • (Jennings)
  • To shiver or tremble; to dodder.
  • * Ford
  • I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf.
    (Webster 1913)

    dodder

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.
  • * 2013, , (The Childhood of Jesus) , Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company, pp. 59-60.
  • Their neighbours have been, on one side, an old man who dodders around in his dressing gown talking to himself, and on the other a stand-offish couple who pretend not to understand the Spanish he speaks.
    Derived terms
    * dodderer * doddering (adj) * doddery

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (wikipedia dodder) (en noun)
  • Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta''. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family '' , recent genetic research by the (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group) has shown that it is correctly placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.
  • Synonyms
    * angel hair,
    Hyponyms
    * dodder, * * * * * *