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   Dith·er

   /ˈdiT͟Hər/

   

   verb

   • 1. be indecisive: "he was dithering about the election date"
   • 2. add white noise to (a digital recording) to reduce distortion of low-amplitude signals.
   • ▪ display or print (a color image) in such a way that there appears to be more colors in it than are really available: "the easiest way to remove hot pixels is to dither the images"

   noun

   • 1. indecisive behavior: informal "after months of dither they had still not agreed"
   • 2. a state of agitation: "buses are jammed and dirty and everyone is in a dither over taxis"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the dialect sense ‘tremble, quiver’): variant of dialect didder; related to dodder1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ditherer noun
   • 2. dithery adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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