pother

American  

[poth-er] / ˈpɒð ər /

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.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. to worry; bother.

pother British  

/ ˈpɒðə /

noun

1. a commotion, fuss, or disturbance

2. a choking cloud of smoke, dust, etc

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verb

1. to make or be troubled or upset

Etymology

Origin of pother

First recorded in 1585–95; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

As usual, there is a pother about the new-rules and an argument as to how they shall be interpreted.

From Time Magazine Archive

The epistolary pother had its genesis on June 13, when Watt and Arens sat together at a Washington banquet.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the pother he had started went on.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indiana's freshman Democratic Representative Randall S. Harmon, 55, shrugged off all the bother as mere pother.

From Time Magazine Archive

What might not be accomplished if Old Neptune would put his shoulder to the wheel, instead of making all this magnificent but useless pother!

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams