Definition of Dither

1. Noun. An excited state of agitation. "There was a terrible flap about the theft"

Exact synonyms: Flap, Fuss, Pother, Tizzy
Generic synonyms: Agitation
Derivative terms: Flap, Fuss, Pother, Pother

2. Verb. Act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain.
Generic synonyms: Fret

3. Verb. Make a fuss; be agitated.
Exact synonyms: Flap, Pother
Generic synonyms: Fret, Fuss, Niggle
Derivative terms: Flap, Pother

Definition of Dither

1. Verb. (obsolete) To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold. ¹

2. Verb. To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something. ¹

3. Verb. To do something nervously. ¹

4. Verb. (computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dither

1. to act nervously or indecisively [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dither

dited
diterebene
diterpene
diterpenes
diterpenoid
diterpenoids
dites
dithecal
dithecous
ditheism
ditheisms
ditheist
ditheistic
ditheists
dithematic
dither (current term)
dithered
dithered color
dithered colour
ditherer
ditherers
ditherier
dithering
dithers
dithery
dithiane
dithianes
dithiatopazine
dithiazanine
dithiazanine iodide

Literary usage of Dither

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"Thus, from shiver, to shake, we have shivers, fragments ; and Dickens in the ' Haunted House ' uses dither (primarily signifying tremble) in the same sense, ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"To shake, quiver, tremble: as " See how it makes the man's arms dither ; " " One leg's all a dithering." Skinner, 200 years ago, noted Didder as " vox agro ..."

3. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe). by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"To shake, quiver, tremble: as "See how it makes the man's arms dither ; " " One leg's all a dithering." Skinner, 200 years ago, noted Didder as " vox agro ..."

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