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Putter

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A variant of potter.
  • 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
  • noun. One who puts.
  • noun. A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
  • noun. A person who is taking a putt or putting.
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "Away they went on the instant, _putter, putter, putter_, lifting themselves almost out of water with the swift-moving feet and tiny wings."
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