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duddering

duddering is the present participle and gerund of dudder.

Meaning of dudder

Verb

dudder (third-person singular simple present dudders, present participle duddering, simple past and past participle 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"1862, Rebecca Harding Davis, Margret Howth: A Story of To-Day
  2. (dialectal, intransitive) To shiver or tremble; to dodder.
    • I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf.1621, John Ford, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley, The Witch of Edmonton

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Questions about duddering

What is duddering the present participle and gerund of?
Duddering is the present participle and gerund of dudder.

Words near duddering in the dictionary

  1. dudded up
  2. Dudden Hill
  3. dudder
  4. duddered
  5. dudderies
  6. duddering
  7. dudders
  8. duddery
  9. duddest
  10. Duddeston
  11. duddiest

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