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dudder¹

  • /ˈdʌdə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ʌdə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From duds + -er.

noun dudders

  1. UK, dated A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.

dudder²

  • /ˈdʌdə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ʌdə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Related to dodder.

verb dudders · duddering · duddered

  1. dialectal, transitive To confuse or confound with noise. […]Joel piled on great fires, and went off on some mysterious errand , having“ other chores to do than idling and duddering"
  2. dialectal, intransitive To shiver or tremble; to dodder. I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf.

noun

  1. dialectal Confusion.

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@misc{dudder_2026,
  title = {dudder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dudder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}