Advertisement
Advertisement
dodder
1[ dod-er ]
verb (used without object)
- to shake; tremble; totter.
dodder
2[ dod-er ]
noun
- a leafless parasitic plant, Cuscuta gronovii, having dense clusters of small, white, bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine about clover or flax.
dodder
1/ ˈdɒdə /
noun
- any rootless parasitic plant of the convolvulaceous genus Cuscuta , lacking chlorophyll and having slender twining stems with suckers for drawing nourishment from the host plant, scalelike leaves, and whitish flowers
dodder
2/ ˈdɒdə /
verb
- to move unsteadily; totter
- to shake or tremble, as from age
Derived Forms
- ˈdodderer, noun
- ˈdoddery, adjective
Other Words From
- dodder·er noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of dodder1
Origin of dodder2
Word History and Origins
Origin of dodder1
Origin of dodder2
Example Sentences
While Biden has been vulnerable to right-wing online trolls who portrayed him as doddering and confused, recent attempts to troll and negatively meme Harris have backfired, Miller said.
More than that, Trump and his strategists are thoroughly convinced that Biden is a walking, or rather, doddering disaster.
The Marquess of Tilbury’s doddering hand rose to his pocket handkerchief.
She was supposed to play the reasonable, relatable young mom to Joe Biden’s supposedly doddering old man who, in his address, came out swinging.
The fiery performance, leavened by some humor at the close, aimed to rebut one of the main lines of Republican attack on Biden — the effort to portray the 81-year-old president as doddering and weak.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse