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PUTTER
putter, putting iron
(noun) the iron normally used on the putting green
putter
(noun) a golfer who is putting
putter, potter, potter around, putter around
(verb) move around aimlessly
putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around
(verb) do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; “The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house”
potter, putter
(verb) work lightly; “The old lady is pottering around in the garden”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
putter (third-person singular simple present putters, present participle puttering, simple past and past participle puttered)
(intransitive) To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
Etymology 2
Noun
putter (plural putters)
One who puts or places.
A shot-putter.
(mining) One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine.
Etymology 3
Noun
putter (plural putters)
(golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
(golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.
Etymology 4
Verb
putter (third-person singular simple present putters, present participle puttering, simple past and past participle puttered)
(intransitive) To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating.
Anagrams
• Pruett
Source: Wiktionary
Put"ter, n.
1. One who puts or plates.
2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like. [Prov. Eng.]
Put"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Puttering.] Etym: [See Potter.]
Definition: To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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