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Definitions for Puttering
[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 club for putting, usually having a solid metal head
[7] a golfer who putts
[8] (intr; often foll by about or around) to busy oneself in a desultory though agreeable manner
[9] (intr; often foll by along or about) to move with little energy or direction to putter about town
[10] (tr usually foll by away ) to waste (time)
[11] the act of puttering
[12] a person who puts the putter of a question
[13] a person who puts the shot
Words related to Puttering
putterloiter, niggle, poke, mess, doodle, puddle, tinker, fiddle, fritter, potter
Words nearby Puttering
putterputsch, putschist, putt, putt-putt, puttee, putter, putti-platt operation, puttie, puttier, putting green, puttnam
Origin of Puttering
1First recorded in 1875–80; variant of potter2
Other words from Puttering
put·ter·er , noun
put·ter·ing·ly , adverb
Word origin for Puttering
C16 (in the sense: to poke repeatedly): from Old English potian to thrust; see put
Synonyms for Puttering
loiter, doodle, fiddle, fritter, mess, niggle, poke, potter, puddle, tinker, goof around, mess around, shuffle around