dudder

noun, verb — 4 senses

dudder

noun

/ˈdʌdə(ɹ)/

Etymology From duds + -er.

1

UK, Dated A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.

dudder

verb

Etymology Related to dodder.

1

Dialectal To confuse or confound with noise.

[…]Joel piled on great fires, and went off on some mysterious errand , having“ other chores to do than idling and duddering"1862, Rebecca Harding Davis, Margret Howth: A Story of To-Day:

2

Dialectal To shiver or tremble; to dodder.

I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf.1621, John Ford, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley, The Witch of Edmonton:

dudder

noun

Etymology Related to dodder.

1

Dialectal Confusion.

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