Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.

    make a fuss; be agitated

  2. (transitive)To puzzle or perplex.

Origin

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

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

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Forms

pothers, pothering, pothered, pothered
Base formpother · to pother
3rd person singularpothers
Present participlepothering
Past simplepothered
Past participlepothered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypother
he, she, itpothers

Past simpleLesson

all personspothered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pothered
he, she, ithas pothered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pother

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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