Definition of Putter

1. Noun. A golfer who is putting.

Generic synonyms: Golf Player, Golfer, Linksman
Derivative terms: Putt, Putt

2. Verb. Work lightly. "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"
Exact synonyms: Potter
Generic synonyms: Busy, Occupy
Derivative terms: Potterer, Putterer

3. Noun. The iron normally used on the putting green.
Exact synonyms: Putting Iron
Generic synonyms: Iron
Derivative terms: Putt, Putt

4. Verb. Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly. "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
Exact synonyms: Mess Around, Monkey, Monkey Around, Muck About, Muck Around, Potter, Tinker
Specialized synonyms: Puddle
Generic synonyms: Work
Derivative terms: Potterer, Putterer, Tinker, Tinkerer, Tinkerer

5. Verb. Move around aimlessly.
Exact synonyms: Potter, Potter Around, Putter Around
Generic synonyms: Move
Derivative terms: Potterer, Putterer

Definition of Putter

1. n. One who puts or plates.

2. v. i. To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.

3. n. A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting.

Definition of Putter

1. Verb. (intransitive) To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks. ¹

2. Noun. One who puts. ¹

3. Noun. (golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt. ¹

4. Noun. (golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Putter

1. to occupy oneself in a leisurely or ineffective manner [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Putter

puts someone in their place
puts to rest
puts two and two together
puts up
putsch
putsches
putschist
putschists
putt
puttable
puttanesca
putted
puttee
puttees
putten
putter (current term)
putter-on
putter around
puttered
putterer
putterers
puttering
putters
puttest
putteth
putti
puttie
puttied
puttier
puttiers

Literary usage of Putter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Danger Signals for Teachers by Albert Edward Winship (1919)
"DON'T putter There is every temptation for the teacher to putter. There is less temptation for the principal and superintendent, but whoever deals with ..."

2. Coal Mining Described and Illustrated by Thomas H. Walton (1885)
"THE putter. " BUT you have other duties of an important nature to attend to besides those in which the ventilation of the mine is concerned V " Certainly ..."

3. Golf by Horace Gordon Hutchinson, Henry James Moncreiff (1890)
"He will commonly call for his wooden putter, to approach over the rough ground, and will then exchange this weapon for his iron putter when on the true ..."

4. The Soul of Golf by Percy Adolphus Vaile (1912)
"I do not think that any putter should be built whose face is so narrow that at the moment of striking the ball properly with the putter the top edge of the ..."

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