potter2 (
also potter about/around)
verb [intransitive] British English[
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: pote 'to push' (OE-C19)]
to spend time doing pleasant things that are not important without hurrying
Synonym : putter American English:
I spent the morning pottering about in the garden.—potterer noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲