dither
verb /ˈdɪðə(r)/
/ˈdɪðər/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dither | /ˈdɪðə(r)/ /ˈdɪðər/ |
| he / she / it dithers | /ˈdɪðəz/ /ˈdɪðərz/ |
| past simple dithered | /ˈdɪðəd/ /ˈdɪðərd/ |
| past participle dithered | /ˈdɪðəd/ /ˈdɪðərd/ |
| -ing form dithering | /ˈdɪðərɪŋ/ /ˈdɪðərɪŋ/ |
- to hesitate about what to do because you are unable to decide
- Stop dithering and get on with it.
- dither over something She was dithering over what to wear.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the dialect sense ‘tremble, quiver’): variant of dialect didder.