dodder
verb (used without object)
to shake; tremble; totter.
dodders
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present tense formof dodder (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Scott Ward Abernethy is obviously having a blast channeling Audrey’s sadistic-dentist boyfriend, as well as assorted cameo figures, and Robert John Biedermann dodders aptly as the shop’s cantankerous owner, Mr. Mushnik.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2019
But now and then, when she fleetingly dodders, or loses her train of thought, she becomes a poignant figure.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2017
As he dodders round his ex-wife's kitchen in west London, I wonder what that young self would have made of the man he is today.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2010
There are several kinds of dodders: some live entirely on flax, some on nettles, but those that stick to clover and furze-bushes are the most common in this country.
From Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. by Caroline Hadley
"And still along that rocky coast, A gibbering yet a gallant ghost, He dodders, dodders at his post, Nor nears the goal; For she, the spook he cares for most, Still loves to troll."
From The Merryweathers by Julia Ward Richards
