putter 1
— putterer , n. — putteringly , adv.
/put"euhr/ , v.i.
1. to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
2. to move or go in a specified manner with ineffective action or little energy or purpose: to putter about the house on a rainy day.
3. to move or go slowly or aimlessly; loiter.
4. putter away , to spend or fill in a random, inconsequential, or unproductive way; fritter away; waste: We puttered the morning away.
n.
5. puttering or ineffective action; dawdling.
Also, esp. Brit., potter .
[ 1875-80; var. of POTTER 2 ]
putter 2
/put"euhr/ , n. Golf.
1. a person who putts.
2. a club with a relatively short, stiff shaft and a wooden or iron head, used in putting.
[ 1735-45; PUTT + -ER 1 ]
putter 3
/poot"euhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing that puts.
2. Track. a shot-putter.
[ 1810-20; PUT + -ER 1 ]