pother

poth·er  (pr)

n.

1. A commotion; a disturbance.

2. A state of nervous activity; a fuss.

3. A cloud of smoke or dust that chokes or smothers.

v. poth·ered, poth·er·ing, poth·ers

v.tr.

To make confused; trouble; worry.

v.intr.

To be overly concerned with trifles; fuss.

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pother [rhymes with bother]

Noun

Literary a fuss or commotion [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pother - an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" dither, fuss, tizzy, flap agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
Verb	1.	pother - make upset or troubled charge up, commove, agitate, rouse, excite, turn on, charge - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
	2.	pother - make a fuss; be agitated dither, flap fret, fuss, niggle - worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"