Plouter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Plouter is a verb meaning (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) To splash around in something wet; to dabble.
Meaning
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) To splash around in something wet; to dabble.
More Meanings
- (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) To potter.
- (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) The act of ploutering, or splashing about.
Example Sentences
[O]f course he prefers plottering about the house [...]
There's certainly a small boat that people plouter about in.
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!
So one night after they had all had supper in the kitchen and old Sinclair had gone pleitering out to the byres, old Mistress Sinclair had up and nodded to Kirsty […].
Word Forms
- plouters
- ploutering
- ploutered
- plotter
- plowter
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include plodge, dabble, flouse, paddle, splather, puddle.
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