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Putter   /pˈətər/   Listen
Putter

verb
(past & past part. puttered; pres. part. puttering)
1.
Work lightly.  Synonym: potter.
2.
Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly.  Synonyms: mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, tinker.
3.
Move around aimlessly.  Synonyms: potter, potter around, putter around.



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"Putter" Quotes from Famous Books



... contagious wrath of Buskin and of Sock Hath abated for awhile, And no more the Emerald Isle On the stage and in the green-room seems to shock. The curtain is rung down, The comedian and the clown, With the sombre putter-on of tragic airs, Are gone, with all the cast, And the Theatre, at last, Is "Closed for ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, July 9, 1892 • Various



Words linked to "Putter" :   puddle, iron, occupy, golf player, golfer, linksman, work, putt, busy, move



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