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poth·er

(pŏth′ər)

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.]

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pother

(ˈpɒðə)

1. a commotion, fuss, or disturbance

2. a choking cloud of smoke, dust, etc

to make or be troubled or upset

[C16: of unknown origin]

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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

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

pother

noun

Needless trouble:

bother, botheration, fuss.

verb

To worry over trifles:

chafe, fuss.

Informal: take on.

Translations

pother

[ˈpɒðəʳ] N → lío m
all this pother! → ¡qué lío!
to make a pother about sth → armar un lío a causa de algo

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pother

n (old) → Aufruhr m, → Wirbel m; to make a pother about something → wegen etw (ein) Theater machen

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