putter

Plural: putters

Noun

• a golfer who is putting
• the iron normally used on the putting green
• One who puts or places.
• A shot-putter.
• One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, to transport the coal mined by the getter.
• A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
• A person who is taking a putt or putting.

Verb

Verb Forms: puttered, puttering, putters

• To engage in light, unhurried, or ineffective activity.
• work lightly
• do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
• move around aimlessly
• To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
• To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating.

Examples

• While my opponent would PUTTER for minutes, I planned my next three Scrabble moves.

Synonyms

mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, potter around, putter around, putting iron, tinker

Related Words

carter

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