pudder

[imp. & p. p. Puddered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Puddering.]
[Cf. Pother.]
To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter; to meddle.

Puddering in the designs or doings of others.

Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs.

Pud·der
v. t.

To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother; as, to pudder a man. Locke.

Pud·der
n.

A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. «All in a pudder.» Milton.