Words that rhyme with ditcher

n 1: (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion" [syn: limiter, clipper] 2: a fast sailing ship used in former times [syn: clipper, clipper ship] 3: shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) 4: scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)

adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly]

n 1: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss] v 1: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" [syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble]

n 1: someone who makes an offer 2: someone who makes a bid at cards

adj 1: large or big relative to something else [syn: bigger, larger]

adv 1: extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold" [syn: piercingly, bitterly, bitingly, bitter] adj 1: marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" [syn: acrimonious, bitter] 2: very difficult to accept or bear; "the bitter truth"; "a bitter sorrow" 3: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" [syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic] 4: expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears" 5: proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; "a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies" 6: causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is bitter" 7: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" [syn: biting, bitter] n 1: English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft) 2: the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth [syn: bitter, bitterness] 3: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste [syn: bitterness, bitter] v 1: make bitter

n 1: small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans [syn: chigoe, chigger, chigoe flea, Tunga penetrans] 2: larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation [syn: harvest mite, chigger, jigger, redbug]

adj 1: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist" [syn: chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty]

v 1: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider, reckon, view, regard] 2: give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving" [syn: study, consider] 3: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: consider, take, deal, look at] 4: show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" [syn: consider, count, weigh] 5: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate] 6: judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" [syn: think, believe, consider, conceive] 7: look at attentively [syn: regard, consider] 8: look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem" [syn: view, consider, look at] 9: regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"

n 1: a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)

n 1: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap] v 1: act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain 2: make a fuss; be agitated [syn: dither, flap, pother]

n 1: (baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm" [syn: pitcher, hurler, twirler] 2: an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring [syn: pitcher, ewer] 3: the quantity contained in a pitcher [syn: pitcher, pitcherful] 4: (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer 5: the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound" [syn: pitcher, mound]

n 1: a thief who steals without using violence [syn: sneak thief, pilferer, snitcher] 2: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]

n 1: a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip [syn: switcher, whipper]

v 1: make high-pitched sounds, as of birds [syn: chitter, twitter]

n 1: a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps

v 1: make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas

v 1: make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr, whirr]