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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUT'TER, n. [from put.] One who puts or places.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a golfer who is putting
2: the iron normally used on the putting green [syn: putter, putting iron] v
1: work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" [syn: potter, putter]
2: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" [syn: putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around]
3: move around aimlessly [syn: putter, potter, potter around, putter around]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 14th century one that puts <a putter of questions> II. noun Date: 1743 1. a golf club used in putting 2. one who putts III. intransitive verb Etymology: alteration of potter Date: 1858 1. to move or act aimlessly or idly 2. to work at random ; tinker • putterer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 a golf club used in putting. 2 a golfer who putts. 2. n. & v. = PUT-PUT. Etymology: imit. 3. US var. of POTTER(1).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Putter Putt"er, n. (Golf) (a) A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting. (b) One who putts.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Putter Put"ter, n. 1. One who puts or plates. 2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Putter Put"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Puttering.] [See Potter.] To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(putters, puttering, puttered) 1. A putter is a club used for hitting a golf ball a short distance once it is on the green. N-COUNT 2. If you putter around, you do unimportant but quite enjoyable things, without hurrying. (AM; in BRIT, use potter) I started puttering around outside, not knowing what I was doing... She liked to putter in the kitchen. VERB: V around/about, V

Moby Thesaurus

beguile the time, burn daylight, consume time, coquet, dabble, dally, diddle, doodle, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, footle, fribble, fritter away time, frivol, horse around, idle, jerk off, kid around, kill time, loiter, lose time, mess, mess around, monkey, monkey around, pass the time, piddle, play, play around, play with, potter, puddle, smatter, tinker, toy, toy with, trifle, twiddle, waste time