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Definition of Dither

1. Verb. Act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain.

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

3. Verb. Make a fuss; be agitated.

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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