dither

dith er |ˈdiT͟Hər ˈdɪðər | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] be indecisive: he was dithering about the election date. 2 [ with obj. ] 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: (as adj. dithered ) : dithered bitmaps. ▶noun 1 informal indecisive behavior: after months of dither they had still not agreed. 2 [ in sing. ] a state of agitation: buses are jammed and dirty and everyone is in a dither over taxis. DERIVATIVES dith er er noun, dith er y adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the dialect sense ‘tremble, quiver ’): variant of dialect didder; related to dodder 1 .

dither

dither |ˈdɪðə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 be indecisive: I can't bear people who dither | he was dithering about the election date. 2 [ with obj. ] add white noise to (a digital recording ) to reduce distortion of low-amplitude signals. • display or print (a colour image ) in such a way that it appears to contain more colours than are really available: (as adj. dithered ) : dithered bitmaps. ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] informal indecisive behaviour: after months of dither ministers had still not agreed. 2 [ in sing. ] a state of agitation: all of a dither, he prophesied instant chaos. DERIVATIVES ditherer noun, dithery adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the dialect sense ‘tremble, quiver ’): variant of dialect didder; related to dodder 1 .

dither

dither verb stop dithering and make a decision: hesitate, falter, waver, vacillate, change one's mind, be of two minds, be indecisive, be undecided; informal shilly-shally, dilly-dally.

dither

dither verb they wasted several minutes while she dithered: hesitate, falter, waver, teeter, vacillate, oscillate, fluctuate, change one's mind, be in two minds, be ambivalent, be indecisive, be unsure, be undecided; procrastinate, hang back, delay, stall, temporize, drag one's feet, dawdle, dally; Brit. hum and haw, haver; Scottish swither; informal shilly-shally, dilly-dally, blow hot and cold, pussyfoot around, sit on the fence.

Dithering

Di the ring Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈdɪðərɪŋ |das Dithering; Genitiv: des Ditherings englisch Verfahren, bei dem auf dem Computerbildschirm tatsächlich nicht vorhandene Zwischenfarben simuliert werden

dither

dith er /dɪ́ðə r /動詞 自動詞 1 ｟主に英 くだけて ｠ «…について » ちゅうちょする, (決断できずに )おろおろする «over , about » .2 (寒さ 恐怖などで )震える .名詞 C ｟英 くだけて ｠〖a ～〗動揺, うろたえ (!主に次の句で ) ▸ be (all ) in a dither (決断できず )おろおろ [動揺 ]している, うろたえている .～er 名詞