Puttered


[puht-er] /ˈpʌt ər/

verb (used without object)
1.
to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner:
to putter in the garden.
2.
to move or go in a specified manner with ineffective action or little energy or purpose:
to putter about the house on a rainy day.
3.
to move or go slowly or aimlessly; loiter.
noun
4.
puttering or ineffective action; dawdling.
Verb phrases
5.
putter away, to spend or fill in a random, inconsequential, or unproductive way; fritter away; waste:
We puttered the morning away.
/ˈpʌtə/
noun (golf)
1.
a club for putting, usually having a solid metal head
2.
a golfer who putts
/ˈpʌtə/
verb
1.
(intransitive;often foll by about or around) to busy oneself in a desultory though agreeable manner
2.
(intransitive;often foll by along or about) to move with little energy or direction: to putter about town
3.
(transitive) usually foll by away. to waste (time)
noun
4.
the act of puttering
/ˈpʊtə/
noun
1.
a person who puts: the putter of a question
2.
a person who puts the shot
v.

“keep busy in a rather useless way,” 1841, originally among farmers, alteration of potter (v.). Related: Puttered; puttering.
n.

late 14c., “beast that pushes with the head,” agent noun from put (v.). As a type of golf club used in putting, from 1743; see putt (v.).

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