Definitions for dithers

dithers dith·er

Spelling: [dihth -er]
IPA: /ˈdɪð ər/

Dithers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in dithers (dehirst).

Definitions for dithers

noun

  1. a trembling; vibration.
  2. a state of flustered excitement or fear.

verb (used without object)

  1. to act irresolutely; vacillate.
  2. North England. to tremble with excitement or fear.

Origin of dithers

1640-50; variant of didder (late Middle English diddere); cf. dodder1

Examples for dithers

But unlike the epic drama of the 2000 debacle, this result feels like the big British dither.

The voice broke and the colonel, who habitually roared forth his sentiments, began to dither.

The planks at his feet had started to dither again, and practice told him that the vessel must be moving.

We dither, we argue, we do little, as the world moves rapidly.

We cannot dither, we cannot just twiddle our thumbs, or wait and see.

There must be enough play between the vital parts to allow of some movement; "dither" is, I believe, the Scotch word for it.

About seventy-five per cent of the golfers who follow the usual tuition are "all of a dither."

Every new batch of fluff-balls drove him to a dither of vicarious maternity.

Without the stimulus of nature before him it was difficult to preserve the "dither" in the drawing, and the life has escaped.

Imagine anyone trying to get the Old Man into a dither—and getting away with it.

Word Value for dithers
Scrable

10

Words with friends

9

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