Definitions for pother

pother poth·er

Spelling: [poth -er]
IPA: /ˈpɒð ər/

Pother is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in pother (ehoprt).

Definitions for pother

noun

  1. commotion; uproar.
  2. a heated discussion, debate, or argument; fuss; to-do.
  3. a choking or suffocating cloud, as of smoke or dust.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to worry; bother.

Origin of pother

First recorded in 1585-95; origin uncertain

Examples for pother

They could not understand what all the pother could be about.

Why, that here is a deal of pother about some foolish words.

You have papered some of the walls; we can pother and putter about these for a change, can we not?

Never was a man's life cut short with less solemnity or pother.

Inside, the guard was snoring in defiance of the pother o'er his head.

But the Poltroon with the white wig was not out of his pother yet.

She dusted furiously, and in the midst of all the pother entered Mrs.

What were they shouting, scolding, and making such a pother about?

If you can give no help, spare drowning me with your pother.

Now, what is there about Rooney's to inspire all this pother?

Word Value for pother
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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