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putter¹

  • /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈpʌtɚ/ US
  • /-ɾɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ʌtə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Alteration of potter.

verb putters · puttering · puttered

  1. intransitive To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks. We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall to the door of 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.

putter²

  • /ˈpʊtə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈpʊtɚ/ US
  • /-ɾɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ʊtə(ɹ)

noun putters

  1. One who puts or places. He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.
  2. A shot-putter.
  3. One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, to transport the coal mined by the getter.

putter³

  • /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈpʌtɚ/ US
  • /-ɾɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ʌtə(ɹ)

noun putters

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

putter⁴

  • /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈpʌtɚ/ US
  • /-ɾɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ʌtə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Onomatopoeic.

verb putters · puttering · puttered

  1. intransitive To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating. By the time the engine had puttered and died Atkins and some of the others were out of the trenches and walking towards this new wonder machine.

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verb to be active

Русскийвозиться vozitʹsja, копошиться kopošitʹsja

noun type of golf club

DeutschPutter

verb to produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating

Русскийтарахтеть taraxtetʹ

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"putter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/putter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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putter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/putter

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"putter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/putter.

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@misc{putter_2026,
  title = {putter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/putter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}