Putter

Pronunciation

• enPR: pÅ­t'É™(r), IPA: /ˈpÊŒtÉ™(ɹ)/

Alteration of potter

Full definition of putter

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
• 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mr. Pratt's Patients Chapter 13, We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.

Pronunciation

• enPR: po͝ot'É™(r), IPA: /ˈpÊŠtÉ™(ɹ)/

put + -er

Noun

1. One who puts or places.
2. One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pÅ­t'É™(r), IPA: /ˈpÊŒtÉ™(ɹ)/

putt + -er

Noun

1. (golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
2. (golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.