nidder

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verb

To keep down or under.

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Meanings

verbnidder (third-person singular simple present nidders, present participle niddering, simple past and past participle niddered)

present singular third person nidders · participle present niddering · participle past niddered · past niddered

  1. ScotlandtransitiveTo keep down or under.
  2. ScotlandtransitiveTo press hard upon; straiten (applied to bounds).
  3. ScotlandtransitiveTo pinch or starve with cold or hunger; stunt in growth.
  4. ScotlandtransitiveTo harass; grill; plague; annoy.

Origin

From a dialectal variant of nither, nether.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

nidder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nidder

MLA

“nidder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nidder. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nidder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nidder.

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