pother
[noun]
Synonyms: commotion, clamor, hassle, hubbub, hurly-burly, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, stir, ado, bustle, flurry, furore, fuss, whirlpool, whirlwind, annoyance, aggravation, bother, botheration, exasperation, agitation, confusion, dither, flap, lather, stew, turbulence
[verb]
Synonyms: worry, cark, fret, fuss, stew, tew

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pother noun & verb. ['pɒðǝ] Also (arch.) pudder ['pʌdǝ]. L16.
[Origin uncertain: perh. rel. to BOTHER.]
A. noun.
1. Disturbance, commotion, turmoil; an uproar, a din; a fuss; mental disturbance or turmoil. L16.
■ F. T. Bullen Smiting the sea with his mighty tail, making an almost deafening noise and pother.
■ V. Woolf All this pother about a brooch really didn't do at all.
■ P. Ziegler The Home Fleet was in a pother about Mountbatten's activities.

2. A choking atmosphere of dust. Now dial. E17.
b. verb.
1. verb trans. Disturb, fluster, worry, trouble. L17.

2. verb intrans. Make a fuss; fuss, worry. E18.

3. verb intrans. Of smoke or dust: move or gather in a cloud. dial. M19.

■ pothery adjective choking, stifling; close, sultry: L17.

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