[ˈdɪðə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- be indecisive
(e.g: I can't bear people who dither)

- add white noise to (a digital recording) to reduce distortion of low-amplitude signals


Phrases:

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

[ˈdɪðə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- indecisive behaviour
(e.g: after months of dither ministers had still not agreed)

- a state of agitation
(e.g: all of a dither, he prophesied instant chaos)


Phrases:

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