Synonyms

puttering

[puht-er]

put·ter

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
4.
puttering or ineffective action; dawdling.

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Puttering is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
5.
putter away, to spend or fill in a random, inconsequential, or unproductive way; fritter away; waste: We puttered the morning away.
Also, especially British, potter.


Origin:
1875–80; variant of potter2

put·ter·er, noun
put·ter·ing·ly, adverb
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