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put·ter
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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.
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puttering or ineffective action; dawdling.
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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.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Verb phrase
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
potter
2
Related forms
put·ter·er,
noun
put·ter·ing·ly,
adverb
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