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(po̵ot′ər)

noun

a person or thing that puts

noun

a short, straight-faced club used in putting
a person who putts

intransitive verb

to busy oneself or proceed in a trifling, ineffective, or aimless way; dawdle: often with over, along, around, etc.

Origin: var. of potter

transitive verb

to dawdle or fritter (something) away

See putter in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A short golf club used for putting.
A golfer who is putting.

verb put·tered, put·ter·ing, put·ters

verb, intransitive

To occupy oneself in an aimless or ineffective manner.

verb, transitive

To waste (time) in idling: puttered away the hours in the garden.

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration of potter

Origin: , probably frequentative of Middle English poten, to poke, push

Origin: , from Old English potian

Related Forms:

putˈter·er noun

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