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PUDDER
Etymology
Noun
pudder (plural pudders)
A confused noise; turmoil; bustle; tumult.
Verb
pudder (third-person singular simple present pudders, present participle puddering, simple past and past participle puddered)
(transitive) To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother.
(intransitive) To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pud"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puddered; p. pr. & vb. n. Puddering.] Etym: [Cf. Pother.]
Definition: To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle. Puddering in the designs or doings of others. Barrow. Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs. Holland.
Pud"der, v. t.
Definition: To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man. Locke.
Pud"der, n.
Definition: A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. "All in a pudder." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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