putter
/'pʌtə/
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Definition
Noun:
- A golf club: A short golf club with a flat, low-lofted head, designed for making precise, gentle strokes on the putting green to roll the ball into the hole.
- A golfer: A person who is putting a golf ball.
Verb:
- To move or act aimlessly or idly: To spend time in a leisurely, unhurried, and often unproductive manner, doing small, unimportant tasks or moving without a clear purpose.
- To work lightly or casually: To engage in minor, undemanding work or activities.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- He selected his putter for the final shot on the green.
- She is an excellent putter and rarely misses short shots.
Verb:
- He likes to putter in his garage on weekends, tinkering with old tools.
- I spent the morning puttering around the house, tidying up a few things.
Advanced Usage
- "to putter about/around": To move around or occupy oneself in a casual, unhurried, and often aimless way.
- After retirement, he enjoys putting about in his garden.
- She was putting around the kitchen, making a cup of tea and reading the paper.
Variants and Related Words
- Puttering (n/adj): The act or characteristic of spending time in a leisurely, aimless manner.
- His morning was filled with quiet puttering.
- Putterer (n): (Less common) A person who putters.
Synonyms
- Verb: Dally, potter (chiefly British), tinker, fiddle, mess about.
- Noun (golf club): (No direct synonym; it is a specific tool).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Putter about/around: As defined in "Advanced Usage," this is the primary phrasal construction for the verb.
Related Idioms
- No specific idioms are uniquely associated with "putter." Its idiomatic use is captured in the phrasal verb "putter about/around."
Noun
- the iron normally used on the putting green
- a golfer who is putting
Verb
- move around aimlessly
- do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
- The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
- work lightly
- The old lady is pottering around in the garden