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Putter   /pˈətər/   Listen
Putter

verb
(past & past part. puttered; pres. part. puttering)
1.
Work lightly.  Synonym: potter.
2.
Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly.  Synonyms: mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, tinker.
3.
Move around aimlessly.  Synonyms: potter, potter around, putter around.



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"Putter" Quotes from Famous Books



... for him. With her at his side, what might he not do? He might get his handicap down to six—to three—to scratch—to plus something! Good heavens, why, even the Amateur Championship was not outside the range of possibility. Mortimer Sturgis shook his putter solemnly in the air, and vowed a silent vow that he would win ...
— The Clicking of Cuthbert • P. G. Wodehouse

... game," the golfer said, And shook his locks in woe; "My putter never lays me dead, My drives will never go; Howe'er I swing, howe'er I stand, Results are still the same, I'm in the burn, I'm in the sand - I'm off ...
— New Collected Rhymes • Andrew Lang

... amongst you, so that I might be able to come back to shore and to tell to Rui Telime, 'I have slept upon the ship of Teriitera.'" After that we passed that night in the impatience of grief. Towards eight o'clock I seemed to hear your voice, "Teriitera—Rui—here is the hour for putter and tiro (cheese and syrup)." I did not sleep that night, thinking continually of you, my very dear friend, until the morning; being then still awake, I went to see Tapina Tutu on her bed, and alas, she was not there. Afterwards I looked into your rooms; they did not please me as they used to do. ...
— Mystic Isles of the South Seas. • Frederick O'Brien

... it be too much trouble to let me come an' putter around in the beds?" queried the little woman eagerly. "Oh, I would like it ...
— Across the Years • Eleanor H. Porter



Words linked to "Putter" :   busy, puddle, putt, golfer, occupy, golf player, work, move, linksman, iron



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