noun one who puts or plates.
2. putter ·add. ·noun one who putts.
3. putter ·noun specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like.
4. putter ·add. ·noun a club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting.
5. putter ·vi to act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.