1. (v. t.) To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

2. (v. i.) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.

3. (n.) One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.

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