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Definition of Didder
1. Verb. Move with or as if with a tremor. "His hands shook"
Generic synonyms: Move Involuntarily, Move Reflexively
Derivative terms: Shake, Shaking
Definition of Didder
1. Verb. To rattle or shiver. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Didder
1. to shake [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: shake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Didder
Literary usage of Didder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"Also didder, sb. ¡ Л;г/ yaal' aon- u did-'ur], I am all a-tromble. ... A wall,
or a house, would be said to dodder— not to ' didder '—before falling. ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"Old local print. Dib, a slight concavity on the ground's surface. didder ...
It maks my teeth didder.' Differing-bout, a disagreement. ..."
3. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"didder—Shake. He miad o t' pots on t' shelf didder when he bang'd deur tull wi' seck
... didder—A rough blow. Ah gat seck a didder on t' heed. DINGE—A dent. ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"The word is expressive of a slower motion than didder (which see). A wall, or a
house, would be said to dodder— not to ' didder '—before falling. ..."
5. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Dither, vn, var. pron. of 'didder,' to shiver with cold; quake; quiver; shudder.
'didder' is in Johnson, and Cotg. has "to didder with cold, fritter, ..."
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