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To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle.

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  1. v. i. To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle.
  2. v. t. To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man.
  3. n. A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle.
  4. 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. To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man. Locke. A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. "All in a pudder." Milton.
  5. To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother orfuss; to potter; to meddle.Puddering in the designs or doings of others. Barrow.Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs. Holland.
  6. v. i. To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle. v. t. To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man. n. A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle.