POTHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pother mean? 

• POTHER (noun)
  The noun POTHER has 1 sense:

1. an excited state of agitation

  Familiarity information: POTHER used as a noun is very rare.

• POTHER (verb)
  The verb POTHER has 2 senses:

1. make upset or troubled

2. make a fuss; be agitated

  Familiarity information: POTHER used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An excited state of agitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dither; flap; fuss; pother; tizzy

Context example:

there was a terrible flap about the theft

Hypernyms ("pother" is a kind of...):

agitation (a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance)

Derivation:

pother (make a fuss; be agitated)

pother (make upset or troubled)

• POTHER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make upset or troubled

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "pother" is one way to...):

agitate; charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The bad news will pother him

Derivation:

pother (an excited state of agitation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a fuss; be agitated

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

dither; flap; pother

Hypernyms (to "pother" is one way to...):

fret; fuss; niggle (worry unnecessarily or excessively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

pother (an excited state of agitation)