"dudder" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌdə(ɹ)/ Forms: dudders [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ) Etymology: duds + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|duds|er|id2=occupation}} duds + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} dudder (plural dudders)
  1. (UK, dated) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer. Tags: UK, dated
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌdə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ) Etymology: Related to dodder. Etymology templates: {{m|en|dodder}} dodder Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} dudder
  1. (dialect) Confusion. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-dudder-en-noun-jXzbtxxI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈdʌdə(ɹ)/ Forms: dudders [present, singular, third-person], duddering [participle, present], duddered [participle, past], duddered [past]
Rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ) Etymology: Related to dodder. Etymology templates: {{m|en|dodder}} dodder Head templates: {{en-verb}} dudder (third-person singular simple present dudders, present participle duddering, simple past and past participle duddered)
  1. (dialect, transitive) To confuse or confound with noise. Tags: dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-dudder-en-verb-YxtpE2dZ
  2. (dialect, intransitive) To shiver or tremble; to dodder. Tags: dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-dudder-en-verb-JWXjKWpf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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