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Definitions for Putter

[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.
[4] puttering or ineffective action; dawdling.
[5] putter away , to spend or fill in a random, inconsequential, or unproductive way; fritter away; waste: We puttered the morning away.
[6] a person who putts.
[7] a club with a relatively short, stiff shaft and a wooden or iron head, used in putting.
[8] a person or thing that puts.
[9] Track . a shot-putter.
[10] a club for putting, usually having a solid metal head
[11] a golfer who putts
[12] (intr; often foll by about or around) to busy oneself in a desultory though agreeable manner
[13] (intr; often foll by along or about) to move with little energy or direction to putter about town
[14] (tr usually foll by away ) to waste (time)
[15] the act of puttering
[16] a person who puts the putter of a question
[17] a person who puts the shot

Words related to Putter

loiter, niggle, poke, mess, doodle, puddle, tinker, fiddle, fritter, potter

Words nearby Putter

putsch, putschist, putt, putt-putt, puttee, putter, putti-platt operation, puttie, puttier, putting green, puttnam

Origin of Putter

3First recorded in 1810–20; put + -er1

Other words from Putter

put·ter·er , noun
put·ter·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Putter

C16 (in the sense: to poke repeatedly): from Old English potian to thrust; see put

Synonyms for Putter

loiter, doodle, fiddle, fritter, mess, niggle, poke, potter, puddle, tinker, goof around, mess around, shuffle around