putter
[verb]
Synonyms: fiddle, doodle, mess, mess around, potter, puddle, tinker

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Related Words: boondoggle, dawdle

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I. put‧ter¹ /ˈpʌtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: putt]
a type of golf club (=stick), used to hit the ball a short distance towards or into the hole

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II. putter² verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: potter 'to putter' (16-21 centuries), from pote 'to push' (11-19 centuries), from Old English potian]

1. American English (also putter around) to spend time doing things that are not very important in a relaxed way Synonym : potter British English:
I puttered around for a while, cleaning up the kitchen.

2. American English to walk or move slowly and without hurrying:
A little boy puttered along the sidewalk.

3. British English informal to make the low sound that a vehicle makes when it is moving slowly:
A motor boat puttered by.

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