English Explanatory Dictionary

putter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
noun
  1. One who puts or places.
  2. A shot-putter.
  3. One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, to transport the coal mined by the getter.
noun
  1. A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
  2. A person who is taking a putt or putting.
verb
  1. To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating.

Pronunciation

pŭt'ə /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/ /ˈpʌtɚ/ /-ɾɚ/ en-au-putter.ogg po͝ot'ə /ˈpʊtə(ɹ)/ /ˈpʊtɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-putter.wav

Word forms

putter putters puttering puttered

Etymology

Alteration of potter.

Related words

carter

Derived words

pony putter putter about putter around putterer putteringly putter-on putter up shot-putter Schenectady putter
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