didder

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verb

To rattle or shiver.

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shake
OriginMiddle English didderen →
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Meanings

verbdidder (third-person singular simple present didders, present participle diddering, simple past and past participle diddered)

present singular third person didders · participle present diddering · participle past diddered · past diddered

  1. dialectalintransitiveTo rattle or shiver.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmove with or as if with a tremor

Similar
shake
Broader
move involuntarilymove reflexively
Also see
shake

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishdidderen“to tremble”
  2. Englishdidder

From Middle English didderen (“to tremble”); see dither.

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APA

didder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/didder

MLA

“didder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/didder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “didder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/didder.

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