(n.) A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it.
(v. t. & i.) To shake, tremble, or totter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Seventy-six nurses completed the Miller-Dodder Revision of the Palmore Facts on Ageing Quiz and the Kogan Attitudes Towards Old People Scale before and after participating in the CE programme.
(2) Macmillan was transformed overnight from "Supermac" into a doddering old Edwardian twit.
(3) Or do those doddering gentleman at the FA insist that we don't go higher than 50?"
(4) • 6 Nassau Street, opposite Trinity College park, kilkennyshop.com Kris Bär River rhino mystery Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Panoramio.com South Dublin’s river is the beautiful Dodder, famed for its rich and varied wildlife.
(5) (At least Riva was still able to act, which gave her a way of defending herself; by contrast Haneke cast Annie Girardot as a doddering matriarch in Hidden at a time when Alzheimer's disease had left her unsure of who she was.)
(6) Doddering up to speed, the boat dragged through the oil until the bow suddenly rose up on what, a thousand-year-old cypress stump or one of a million abandoned pipelines?
(7) "I see people aged 67 or 68 at class reunions who dodder around and are constantly going to the doctor," he said at a meeting of economists.
(8) Along its banks you can spot bats, kingfishers, otters … and, erm, the Dodder Rhino.
(9) (Layabout sibling Willow was a doddering six-year-old by the time her own acting career began).
(10) Back in 2002 he appeared overnight, without fanfare, within the Dodder’s waters.
(11) In 2008, while serving as prime minister, he described "doddering" pensioners as tax burdens who should take better care of their health.
(12) "I see people aged 67 or 68 at class reunions who dodder around and are constantly going to the doctor," he said.
Dodger
Definition:
(n.) One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices.
(n.) A small handbill.
(n.) See Corndodger.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Dodgers and Braves are tied 1-1 in the third inning and the Detroit Tigers and Oakland A's ALDS will start at 9:37pm EST.
(2) Here come the Dodgers for another crack at it in the second.
(3) Updated at 4.05am BST 4.00am BST Dodgers 3 - Cardinals 0, top of 9th And so it's all up to Yadier Molina, the Cardinals catcher who is looking to get a rally going, no easy task against Jansen who looks to have his best stuff tonight.
(4) 4.11am BST Dodgers 2 - Cardinals 2, bottom of 7th Jay bunts!
(5) 2.10am BST Cardinals 3 - Dodgers 0, top of 4th Yadier Molina hits the first pitch to center field for the first out.
(6) 9.41pm BST Dodgers 0 - Cardinals 0, bottom of the 2nd The "demeaning euphemism for overweight" Matt Adams lines out to Adrian Gonzalez for the second out of the inning.
(7) 1.46am BST Dodgers 0 - Cardinals 0, top of 1st With Gonzalez at the plate "the Dodgers butter and egg man" says Vin Scully, Kelly throws a wild pitch all the way back to the wall.
(8) "We need an alternative to cuts where we invest in public services to help our economy to grow, where jobs are created, not cut, and where we clamp down on the corporate tax dodgers who deprive our economy of tens of billions of pounds a year."
(9) 2.05am BST Cardinals 3 - Dodgers 0, bottom of 3rd Hanley Ramirez is in pain, and that's clear thanks to TBS' super slo-mo camera.
(10) 5.38am BST Dodgers 2 - Cardinals 2, bottom of 11th Bang....just one bang.
(11) 1.37am BST Cardinals 0 - Dodgers 0, top of 2nd Well Ryu doesn't look nearly as shaky as he did against the Braves, rather, he looks a whole lot like the jolly fellow that went 14-8 with a 3.00 ERA in the regular season.
(12) To bail themselves out of the NBA's worst crisis of credibility since the Tim Donaghy officiating scandal, the easy part for the NBA will be enlisting the eagerness and financial muscle of Magic Johnson and Mark Walter of the Guggenheim Partners – owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers .
(13) Dodgers manager Don Mattingly has gotten a lot of heat after that extra inning loss, both for not bringing his closer in earlier (not that it would have mattered considering how little the Dodgers did offensively in extra innings) and for pinch-running his clean-up hitter Adrian Gonzalez late in regulation and replacing his bat in the line-up with that of washed up veteran Michael Young.
(14) 4.10am BST Cardinals 4 - Dodgers 2, top of 9th Marmol is back in the top of the ninth, and he's quickly behind 3-0 to Matt Carpenter.
(15) The Cardinals made quick work of the fan-favorite Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLDS and then defeated the high priced Hollywood product that was the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
(16) 11.10pm BST Dodgers 0 - Cardinals 1, top of the 7th Siegrist throws a wild pitch at 1-2 that allows Punto to advance to second base.
(17) He boasted of upsetting the Telegraph, unsettling tax dodgers and bringing about an outbreak of hysteria on the part of the CBI.
(18) UK Uncut's previous sit-ins and occupations in the branches of tax dodgers have proved very effective in highlighting the unjust practices of big business."
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 2.08am BST Cardinals 0 - Dodgers 0, top of 4th Well, it was anything but routine actually, so that counts as action, I guess.
(20) For some reason it feels like the Dodgers are down right now, don't you think?