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putter

1

[ puht-er ]

verb (used without object)

  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.


noun

  1. puttering or ineffective action; dawdling.

verb phrase

  1. to spend or fill in a random, inconsequential, or unproductive way; fritter away; waste:

    We puttered the morning away.

putter

2

[ puht-er ]

noun

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

putter

3

[ poot-er ]

noun

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

putter

1

/ ˈʌə /

noun

  1. a club for putting, usually having a solid metal head
  2. a golfer who putts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

putter

2

/ ˈʌə /

verb

  1. intr;often foll by about or around to busy oneself in a desultory though agreeable manner
  2. intr;often foll by along or about to move with little energy or direction

    to putter about town

  3. trusually foll byaway to waste (time)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act of puttering
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

putter

3

/ ˈʊə /

noun

  1. a person who puts

    the putter of a question

  2. a person who puts the shot
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܳt· noun
  • ܳt·Բ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of putter1

First recorded in 1825–30; variant of potter 2

Origin of putter2

First recorded in 1740–50; putt + -er 1

Origin of putter3

First recorded in 1570–90; put + -er 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of putter1

C16 (in the sense: to poke repeatedly): from Old English potian to thrust; see put
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The UK's most famous shot putter, Geoff Capes twice won gold at both the Commonwealth Games and the European Indoor Championships.

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Cortes would often walk from the homestead to Arvia to find his abuelito in the shed out back doing maintenance or puttering at his TV and radio repair business.

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I love a Sunday night putter: cleaning out a drawer in my bathroom or giving myself a manicure, because I never go and get them.

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After holing the putt, the 22-year-old laid down his putter next to the pin to illustrate just how close he was.

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After watching the Los Angeles Open inspiration struck and he sketched the initial design for a new putter on the first thing he could find, the dust jacket of an old vinyl record.

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