pother
Americannoun
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commotion; uproar.
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a heated discussion, debate, or argument; fuss; to-do.
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a choking or suffocating cloud, as of smoke or dust.
verb (used with or without object)
noun
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a commotion, fuss, or disturbance
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a choking cloud of smoke, dust, etc
verb
Etymology
Origin of pother
First recorded in 1585–95; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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The colonel's statement threw the Pentagon into a pother.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since Army and Navy make a great pother about secrecy in the design and construction of planes, questions had to be asked in Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus it was amid no end of Imperial pother last week that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain ended his holiday in Scotland, resumed the helm at No. 10 Downing Street.
From Time Magazine Archive
Intent on his pursuits, impervious to the demonic, he will not notice the gods' dreadful pother being made above his head.
From Time Magazine Archive
There has indeed been a great deal of pother of late over the virtue and temper of "rural-minded people."
From The American Country Girl by Crow, Martha Foote
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