Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncommon, uncountable)Something that bothers; bother, annoyance, nuisance

  2. (countable, informal, uncountable)Distracting chatter on a radio link shared by emergency services, relating to ongoing situations other than what one is dealing with.

Origin

From bother + -ance.

From bother + -ance.

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Forms

plural: botherances
Singularbotherance
Pluralbotherances

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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