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Hottered vs Pottered - What's the difference?

hottered | pottered |

As verbs the difference between hottered and pottered

is that hottered is (hotter) while pottered is (potter).

hottered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hotter)

    • hotter

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (hot)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, slang) One who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.
  • * 1992 , David P. Waddington, Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder (page 209)
    • Unable effectively to give chase to the hotters for fear of endangering the lives of pedestrians and motorists, the police had been forced to play a waiting game

    Related terms

    * hotting

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, dialect, North England, dated) To vibrate; to rattle.
  • * 1833 , Thomas Sopwith, An account of the mining districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale in Cumberland and Durham (page 137)
    • The jolting, hottering motion of the waggon, the splashing of the water, and the dark and narrow passage, all concur to produce a strange effect

    Anagrams

    *

    pottered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (potter)

    • Anagrams

    *

    potter

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pottere, from late (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 453,
    • shoemakers, weavers, potters , bronzeworkers who produced and purveyed the articles necessary for daily life.
  • (idiomatic, biblical) God, the creator.
  • * 1611. Old Testament , King James Version, Isaiah 64:8,
    • But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter ; and we are the work of thy hand.
  • * 1978. Old Testament , New International Version, Isaiah 64:8,
    • O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter ; we are all the work of thy hand.
  • One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
  • One who pots meats or other eatables.
  • One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
    • (De Quincey)
  • The (red-bellied terrapin), .
  • .
    • Synonyms
    * (Pseudemys rubriventris) (northern red-bellied cooter),
    Derived terms
    * potter’s clay * potter’s field * potter’s rot * potter’s wheel * pottery

    References

    * (Biblical) Bratcher, Dennis Bratcher (2006), The Potter'', ''The Voice CRI/Voice Institute [http://www.crivoice.org/phototour/ppotter.html]

    Etymology 2

    Frequentative of pote, equivalent to .

    Alternative forms

    * putter, pouter, pudder, pother

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To poke repeatedly.
  • (British) To act in a vague or unmotivated way.
  • (British) To move slowly or aimlessly. (Often (potter about), (potter around))
    • Derived terms
    * potter about * potter around English agent nouns ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

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