pother
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ˈpʌðə/
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/ˈpʌðə/ · /ˈpɒðə/
Definition of pother
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A commotion, a tempest.
“Let the great gods, / That keep this dreadful pother o’er our heads, / Find out their enemies now.”
“(name of the article) Flight Of Hess Causes Pother Among Germans”
“After some years there came a time when the Queen seemed to be ill and there was a great deal of bustle and pother about her in the castle and doctors came and the courtiers whispered.”
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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)A commotion, a tempest.
“Let the great gods, / That keep this dreadful pother o’er our heads, / Find out their enemies now.”
“(name of the article) Flight Of Hess Causes Pother Among Germans”
“After some years there came a time when the Queen seemed to be ill and there was a great deal of bustle and pother about her in the castle and doctors came and the courtiers whispered.”
verb
- (intransitive)To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
- (transitive)To puzzle or perplex.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Compare Dutch peuteren (“to rummage, poke”), and English potter, pudder.
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