"plouter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plouters [plural]
Etymology: Probably from plout + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|plout|er}} plout + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} plouter (plural plouters)
  1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) The act of ploutering, or splashing about. Tags: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-plouter-en-noun-fuMahzNb Categories (other): Irish English, Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pleiter, plotter, plowter

Verb

Forms: plouters [present, singular, third-person], ploutering [participle, present], ploutered [participle, past], ploutered [past]
Etymology: Probably from plout + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|plout|er}} plout + -er Head templates: {{en-verb}} plouter (third-person singular simple present plouters, present participle ploutering, simple past and past participle ploutered)
  1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) To splash around in something wet; to dabble. Tags: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-plouter-en-verb-crWvlWKe Categories (other): Irish English, Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40
  2. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, dialect) To potter. Tags: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-plouter-en-verb--dteE3KV Categories (other): Irish English, Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 26 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 30 26 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pleiter, plotter, plowter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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