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dander
1[ dan-der ]
noun
- loose scales formed on the skin and shed from the coat or feathers of various animals, often causing allergic reactions in susceptible persons.
- Informal. anger; temper:
Don't get your dander up over such a trifle.
dander
2[ dan-der ]
noun
- Scot. a stroll; saunter.
- British Dialect. a fit of shivering.
dander
1/ ˈdændər; ˈdændə /
noun
- a stroll
verb
- intr to stroll
dander
2/ ˈdændə /
noun
- small particles or scales of hair or feathers
- get one's dander up or get someone's dander up informal.to become or to cause someone to become annoyed or angry
Word History and Origins
Origin of dander2
Word History and Origins
Origin of dander1
Origin of dander2
Idioms and Phrases
see get one's back (dander) up .Example Sentences
If the home has a pet, “there’s a ton of hair and dander.”
If France get their dander up then the atmosphere in this stadium will be absolutely electric.
Like declaring "how 'bout that heat" in July, getting in a dander about GOP depravity is treated as the pastime of boring people.
They do not stir the air, sparing you the torment of airborne specters like dust and dander.
Hirschhorn declined that as well, citing a disability due to extreme sensitivity to cat dander.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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