Definition of Pother

1. Noun. An excited state of agitation. "There was a terrible flap about the theft"

Exact synonyms: Dither, Flap, Fuss, Tizzy
Generic synonyms: Agitation
Derivative terms: Dither, Flap, Fuss

2. Verb. Make upset or troubled. "The bad news will pother him"

3. Verb. Make a fuss; be agitated.
Exact synonyms: Dither, Flap
Generic synonyms: Fret, Fuss, Niggle
Derivative terms: Dither, Flap

Definition of Pother

1. n. Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother.

2. v. i. To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.

3. v. t. To harass and perplex; to worry.

Definition of Pother

1. Noun. A commotion, a tempest. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pother

1. to trouble [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: trouble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pother

potentizing
potently
potentness
potents
potes
potful
potfuls
potgun
potguns
pothead
potheads
pothecaries
pothecary
potheen
potheens
pother (current term)
potherb
potherbs
pothered
pothering
pothers
pothery
potholder
potholders
pothole
potholed
potholer
potholers
potholes
potholing

Literary usage of Pother

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Friend!, cried the umpire, cease your pother. The creature's neither one nnr t'other. ... pother, bother, and puddle are varieties of the same word. ..."

2. Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry: From the Year by Mary Berry (1865)
"The elements have been making such a pother over my head, such a storm of thunder— but it seems over—the weather has been for some days soft and charming. ..."

3. The Epigrams of Martial by Martial, Henry George Bohn (1890)
"... And talk of John o* Stiles and John o' Gaunt: Now, pray, dear sir, one word about the sheep. Hay. With voice and hand a mighty pother keep. XX. ..."

4. The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder, a National Toy: A National Toy with Fourteen ...by William Hone, George Cruikshank by William Hone, George Cruikshank (1820)
"Good folks be so good as not go near that door ' For, though my own wife, she is—I could say more ' But it's all in this Bag, and there'll be a fine pother, ..."

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