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Definition of Pother
1. Verb. Make upset or troubled. "The bad news will pother him"
2. Noun. An excited state of agitation. ; "There was a terrible flap about the theft"
Generic synonyms: Agitation
Derivative terms: Dither, Flap, Fuss
3. Verb. Make a fuss; be agitated.
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
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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