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Meaning of PUTTER

Pronunciation:  'pûtur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the iron normally used on the putting green
  2. [n]  a golfer who is putting
  3. [v]  move around aimlessly
  4. [v]  do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
  5. [v]  work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"
 
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 Synonyms: mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, potter, potter around, putter around, putting iron, tinker
 
 See Also: busy, golf player, golfer, iron, linksman, move, occupy, puddle, work

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Putt"er\, n. (Golf)
    (a) A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal
        head, used in putting.
    (b) One who putts.
    
  2. \Put"ter\, n.
    1. One who puts or plates.
    2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal
       mine, and the like. [Prov. Eng.]
    
  3. \Put"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puttered}; p. pr. & vb.
    n. {Puttering}.] [See {Potter}.]
    To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.
    
 
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