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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an excited state of agitation;
- Example: "he was in a dither"
- Example: "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
[syn: dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap]


VERB (2)

1. make upset or troubled;

2. make a fuss; be agitated;
[syn: dither, flap, pother]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pother \Poth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pothered; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Pothering.]
   To harass and perplex; to worry. "Pothers and wearies
   himself." --Locke.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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." --Wordsworth.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pother \Poth"er\, v. i.
   To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pother
    n 1: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there
         was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither,
         pother, fuss, tizzy, flap]
    v 1: make upset or troubled
    2: make a fuss; be agitated [syn: dither, flap, pother]