Putter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A short golf club used for putting.
  • n. A golfer who is putting.
  • verb-intransitive. To occupy oneself in an aimless or ineffective manner.
  • v. To waste (time) in idling: puttered away the hours in the garden.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
  • n. One who puts.
  • n. A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
  • n. A person who is taking a putt or putting.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who puts or plates.
  • n. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like.
  • n. A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting.
  • n. One who putts.
  • verb-intransitive. To act inefficiently or idly; to occupy oneself in a liesurely manner; to trifle; to potter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who puts or places: as, a putter of obstacles in one's way.
  • n. One who puts or hauls coal from the place where it is mined to the point from which it is raised to the surface; one who transports coal on any underground road. Also called haulier, drawer, and trammer.
  • n. One who puts or throws, especially a stone: as, he is but a poor putter.
  • n. (put′ ėr). In golf-playing, a club with a stiff and comparatively short shaft, generally used when the ball is on the putting-green.
  • n. One who puts or places something on something else.
  • A variant of potter.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
  • v. work lightly
  • n. the iron normally used on the putting green
  • n. a golfer who is putting
  • v. move around aimlessly
  • Verb Form
    puttered    puttering    putters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    busy    occupy    iron    golf player    golfer    linksman    move   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    puttered    puttering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    trifle    potter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nutter    Sutter    aflutter    butter    clutter    cutter    flutter    gutter    hutter    mutter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts