putter

Meaning

Verb

To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.

Noun

1. One who puts or places.
2. A shot-putter.
3. One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, to transport the coal mined by the getter.

Noun

1. A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
2. A person who is taking a putt or putting.

Synonyms

potter

mess around

tinker

monkey around

prowl

dawdle

loiter

monkey

🐒

knock around

muck about

muck around

putter around

potter around

putting iron

tinker with

roam about

twiddle one’s thumbs

bugger all

wander about

mess

wander aimlessly

Translations

potier

rôder

errer

traîner

Putter

umherwandern

unbeholfen

βραχύ ρόπαλον γκολφ

μικροπραγμώνω

flâner

singe

🐒

bricoler

putter

sukkelen

knutselen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Alteration of potter.