pother

poth·er

P0481300 (pŏth′ər)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) n1. a commotion, fuss, or disturbance2. a choking cloud of smoke, dust, etcvbto make or be troubled or upset[C16: of unknown origin]

poth•er

(ˈpɒð ər)

n. 1. commotion; uproar. 2. a heated discussion, debate, or argument. 3. a choking or suffocating cloud, as of smoke or dust. v.t., v.i. 4. to worry; bother. [1585–95; orig. uncertain]

pother

Past participle: pothered
Gerund: pothering

Imperative
pother
pother

Present
I pother
you pother
he/she/it pothers
we pother
you pother
they pother

Preterite
I pothered
you pothered
he/she/it pothered
we pothered
you pothered
they pothered

Present Continuous
I am pothering
you are pothering
he/she/it is pothering
we are pothering
you are pothering
they are pothering

Present Perfect
I have pothered
you have pothered
he/she/it has pothered
we have pothered
you have pothered
they have pothered

Past Continuous
I was pothering
you were pothering
he/she/it was pothering
we were pothering
you were pothering
they were pothering

Past Perfect
I had pothered
you had pothered
he/she/it had pothered
we had pothered
you had pothered
they had pothered

Future
I will pother
you will pother
he/she/it will pother
we will pother
you will pother
they will pother

Future Perfect
I will have pothered
you will have pothered
he/she/it will have pothered
we will have pothered
you will have pothered
they will have pothered

Future Continuous
I will be pothering
you will be pothering
he/she/it will be pothering
we will be pothering
you will be pothering
they will be pothering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pothering
you have been pothering
he/she/it has been pothering
we have been pothering
you have been pothering
they have been pothering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pothering
you will have been pothering
he/she/it will have been pothering
we will have been pothering
you will have been pothering
they will have been pothering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pothering
you had been pothering
he/she/it had been pothering
we had been pothering
you had been pothering
they had been pothering

Conditional
I would pother
you would pother
he/she/it would pother
we would pother
you would pother
they would pother

Past Conditional
I would have pothered
you would have pothered
he/she/it would have pothered
we would have pothered
you would have pothered
they would have pothered

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pother - an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"dither, fuss, tizzy, flapagitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
Verb	1.	pother - make upset or troubledcharge 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 agitateddither, flapfret, fuss, niggle - worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"

pother

nounNeedless trouble:bother, botheration, fuss.verbTo worry over trifles:chafe, fuss.Informal: take on.

Translations

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pother

poth•er

pother

pother

pother

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noun needless trouble

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verb to worry over trifles

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noun an excited state of agitation

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verb make upset or troubled

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verb make a fuss

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