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Uproar
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pother
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Word definitions for pother in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither , fuss , tizzy , flap ] v. make upset or troubled make a fuss; be agitated [syn: dither , flap ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pother \Poth"er\, n. [Cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf. Potter , Pudder .] Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter , and pudder .] ``What a pother and stir!'' --Oldham. ``Coming on with a terrible pother.'' ...
Usage examples of pother.
Maybe all this is useless pother, no looter coming, no danger closing in on me.
Line and bait drifted swiftly downstream into a pother of whitewater and rocks, and Haramis hauled it back to the pool, only to see it float away again.
Harps, horns--why, I am in a constant pother as to what you may be doing next.
I have to say that I never thought to find you in such a pother about an actress who doubles as a whore.
I had to jack in with pother deck and go over everything with a microscanner.
Undoubtedly this was La Belle Simone, whose captain had been in such a pother yesterday because he could not start for Bordeaux until six in the morning.
The young plesiosaur's graceful neck snapped as it impacted into the foaming pother of the new Mediterranean Sea.
It provided Brim's first unobstructed view forward since he left the bridge: the first enemy ship-a typical Cloud League transport made up of globes and cylinders co-located along a single tube-was now pothering along less than a quarter c'lenyt ahead and being overhauled rapidly.