putter: Meaning and Definition of
put•ter
Pronunciation: (put'ur), [key]
— v.i.
- to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- 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.
- to move or go slowly or aimlessly; loiter.
- to spend or fill in a random, inconsequential, or unproductive way; fritter away; waste: We puttered the morning away.
—n.
- puttering or ineffective action; dawdling.
putt•er
Pronunciation: (put'ur), [key]
— n. Golf.
- a person who putts.
- a club with a relatively short, stiff shaft and a wooden or iron head, used in putting.
put•ter
Pronunciation: (poot'ur), [key]
— n.
- a person or thing that puts.
- a shot-putter.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.