different between udder vs dudder

English

Etymology

From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ?der (“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *?dar?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ówHd?r? (“udder”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder (“udder”), Dutch uier (“udder”), German Euter (“udder”), Swedish juver (“udder”), Icelandic júgur (“udder”), Vedic Sanskrit ???? (??dhar), Ancient Greek ????? (oûthar), Latin ?ber.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d?/
• Rhymes: -?d?(?)

Noun

udder (plural udders)

1. An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
2. (slang, impolite) A woman's breast.

Translations

Anagrams

• dured

Middle English

Alternative forms

• uddyr, iddyr, uther

Etymology

From Old English ?der, from Proto-Germanic *?dar?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ówHd?r?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ud?r/, /?uð?r/

Noun

udder (plural uddres)

1. udder (mammary gland of an animal)
2. (rare) The udder when served as food.

Descendants

• English: udder
• Scots: udder, uther, ether

References

• “udder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• odder

Etymology

From Old Norse oddr, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz.

Noun

udder m

1. sharp point

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: udd

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?d?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?d?(?)

Etymology 1

duds +? -er

Noun

dudder (plural dudders)

1. (Britain, dated) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.

Etymology 2

Related to dodder.

Verb

dudder (third-person singular simple present dudders, present participle duddering, simple past and past participle duddered)

1. (dialect, transitive) To confuse or confound with noise.

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2. (dialect, intransitive) To shiver or tremble; to dodder.
   • 1621, John Ford, Thomas Dekker and William Rowley, The Witch of Edmonton

     I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf.

Noun

dudder

1. (dialect) Confusion.

Anagrams

• rudded