Meaning of putter

put•ter

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. to spend or fill in a random, inconsequential, or unproductive way; fritter away; waste: We puttered the morning away.

1. puttering or ineffective action; dawdling.

putt•er

1. a person who putts.
2. a club with a relatively short, stiff shaft and a wooden or iron head, used in putting.

put•ter

1. a person or thing that puts.
2. a shot-putter.