Plouter
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of ploutering, or splashing about. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
- 1 To splash around in something wet; to dabble. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
"As I did not want to plowter about any more in the drizzle and the dark, I put my waterproof over the muzzle of one gun, and made a sort of wigwam with two or three rammers that I found, and lay along the tail of another gun, wondering where Vixen had got to, and where I might be."
- 2 To potter. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
"He's left th' yate ut t' full swing, and miss's pony has trodden dahn two rigs uh corn, un plottered through, raight o'er intuh t' meadow!"
Example
More examples"As I did not want to plowter about any more in the drizzle and the dark, I put my waterproof over the muzzle of one gun, and made a sort of wigwam with two or three rammers that I found, and lay along the tail of another gun, wondering where Vixen had got to, and where I might be."
Etymology
Probably from *plout + -er.
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