Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pother

/ˈpʌðə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: pother
IPA: /ˈpʌðə/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A commotion, a tempest.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.

Intransitive verb

verb

To puzzle or perplex.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Let the great gods, / That keep this dreadful pother o’er our heads, / Find out their enemies now."
"(name of the article) Flight Of Hess Causes Pother Among Germans"
"After some years there came a time when the Queen seemed to be ill and there was a great deal of bustle and pother about her in the castle and doctors came and the courtiers whispered."

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Compare Dutch peuteren (“to rummage, poke”), and English potter, pudder.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pothers (plural) pothers (present, singular) pothering (participle, present) pothered (participle, past) pothered (past)

Synonyms

dither fuss tizzy flap

Rhymes With

other another rather mother brother founding mother smother nother tother wuther suther bother

Questions

How do you pronounce pother?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʌðə/.
What does pother mean?: A commotion, a tempest.
Where does pother come from?: Origin uncertain. Compare Dutch peuteren (“to rummage, poke”), and English potter, pudder.

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