- to move unsteadily; totter
- to shake or tremble, as from age
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dod•der•ing
(dod′ər ing),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026- shaky or trembling, as from old age; tottering:a doddering old man.
- dodder1 + -ing2 1735–45
dod•der1 /ˈdɑdɚ/USA pronunciation
v. [no object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to shake;
tremble;
walk in an unsteady or shaky way.
dod•der1
(dod′ər),USA pronunciation v.i.
dod′der•er, n.
dod•der2 (dod′ər),USA pronunciation n.
- to shake;
tremble;
totter.
- compare dither, totter, teeter, etc. 1610–20
dod•der2 (dod′ər),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologya leafless parasitic plant, Cuscuta gronovii, having dense clusters of small, white, bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine about clover or flax. Also called love vine.
- 1225–75; Middle English doder; cognate with Dutch, Danish dodder, Middle Low German dod(d)er, Middle High German toter, German Dotter
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dodder /ˈdɒdə/ vb (intransitive)
dodder /ˈdɒdə/ n
- any rootless parasitic plant of the convolvulaceous genus Cuscuta, lacking chlorophyll and having slender twining stems with suckers for drawing nourishment from the host plant, scalelike leaves, and whitish flowers
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