Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A state of indecisive agitation.
- intransitive verb To be nervously irresolute in acting or doing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To shake; tremble: same as
didder . - noun A trembling; vibration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
undecided . - noun A form of
noise which is intentionally applied to randomize errors which occur in the processing of both digital audio and digital video data - verb obsolete To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
- verb To be
uncertain orunable to make adecision about doing something. - verb To do something
nervously . - 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain
- verb make a fuss; be agitated
- noun an excited state of agitation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The dither is a # repetitive pattern, this should help the compression algorithm.
Doom9's Forum cretindesalpes 2010
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Should the military "dither" so we make this a never ending war.
Steele: Obama's speech 'must be the beginning, not the end' 2009
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Six out of 10 complain the Prime Minister has a tendency to "dither" and only 26 per cent believe he has shown decisive leadership.
Archive 2008-04-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Six out of 10 complain the Prime Minister has a tendency to "dither" and only 26 per cent believe he has shown decisive leadership.
Gordon Brown = Neville Chamberlain? Not a sheep 2008
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Here, without any further delaying in dishonor of Dick Cheney, I've decided to never use the word "dither" again from me, here are my top 11 favorite movies of 2007, and as usual, please feel free to add any you think I may have snubbed.
Archive 2009-12-01 Reel Fanatic 2009
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Here, without any further delaying in dishonor of Dick Cheney, I've decided to never use the word "dither" again from me, here are my top 11 favorite movies of 2007, and as usual, please feel free to add any you think I may have snubbed.
My (and only my) best movies of the decade: The 2007 edition Reel Fanatic 2009
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Thanks to Cheney, "dither" has taken on a new connotation for me.
Mitchell Bard: We Should Be Grateful That Obama Is "Dithering" 2009
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Dick Cheney ought to be prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity; the World Court should not "dither" about filing such charges against him and George W. Bush.
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We must not "dither" now in standing up to his rhetoric.
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I'm going to need synonyms for "dither" to keep things from getting too repetitive around here.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: February 2005 Archives 2005
dailyword commented on the word dither
Molly used this word in one of the Harry Potter books when she got all excited when she found out that Ron was a prefect.
June 29, 2012