noun One who puts or places: as, a putter of obstacles in one's way.
noun One who puts or hauls coal from the place where it is mined to the point from which it is raised to the surface; one who transports coal on any underground road. Also called haulier, drawer, and trammer.
noun One who puts or throws, especially a stone: as, he is but a poor putter.
noun (put′ ėr). In golf-playing, a club with a stiff and comparatively short shaft, generally used when the ball is on the putting-green.
noun One who puts or places something on something else.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
intransitive verb To act inefficiently or idly; to occupy oneself in a liesurely manner; to trifle; to potter.
noun One who puts or plates.
noun Prov. Eng. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like.
noun A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting.
noun One who putts.
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verb intransitive To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
noun One who puts.
noun golf A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
noun golf A person who is taking a putt or putting.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
verb work lightly
noun the iron normally used on the putting green
noun a golfer who is putting
verb move around aimlessly
Etymologies
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Alteration of potter
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put + -er
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putt + -er
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Examples
Away they went on the instant, _putter, putter, putter_, lifting themselves almost out of water with the swift-moving feet and tiny wings.
III. iii.48 (67,2) [Each putter out on five for one] This passage alluding to a forgotten custom is very obscure: the _putter out_ must be a traveller, else how could he give this account? the
slumry commented on the word putter
to occupy oneself in a liesurely or inneffective manner
July 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word putter
How did this word escape my list(s) for so long? ;-)
July 20, 2007