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pother

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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.

[Origin unknown.]

pother [ˈpɒðə]
n
1. a commotion, fuss, or disturbance
2. a choking cloud of smoke, dust, etc.
vb
to make or be troubled or upset
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pother - an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
Verb1.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
fret, fuss, niggle - worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
Translations
pother [ˈpɒðəʳ] Nlío m
all this pother!¡qué lío!
to make a pother about stharmar un lío a causa de algo
pother
n (old)Aufruhr m, → Wirbel m; to make a pother about somethingwegen etw (ein) Theater machen


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Their entrance into the yew-tree arbor surprised several fowls that were recreating themselves by scratching deep holes in the dusty ground, and at once took flight with much pother and cackling.
 
 
 
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