dithers

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dithers

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of dither

noun

plural, plural only, slang The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety. “It gives me the dithers, thinking of the damage that maniac could do if he ever took the headship. He could reinstate the cycle of chosen births, or enact any of a hundred other terrible laws.”

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@misc{dithers_2026,
  title = {dithers},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dithers},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}