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- [puht-er]
- /ˈpʌt ər/
- /ˈpʌt.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [puht-er]
- /ˈpʌt ər/
Definitions of putter word
- verb without object putter to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden. 1
- verb without object putter to move or go in a specified manner with ineffective action or little energy or purpose: to putter about the house on a rainy day. 1
- verb without object putter to move or go slowly or aimlessly; loiter. 1
- noun putter a person or thing that puts. 1
- noun putter Track. a shot-putter. 1
- intransitive verb putter do sth leisurely or unproductive 1
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Origin of putter
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80; variant of potter2
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Parts of speech for Putter
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
putter popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
putter usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for putter
noun putter
- amateur — An amateur is someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job.
- brassie — a former name for a club, a No. 2 wood, originally having a brass-plated sole and with a shallower face than a driver to give more loft
- bush leaguer — Also called busher. Baseball. a player in a minor league. an incompetent player, as one who behaves or plays as if he or she belonged in a minor league.
- cleek — a large hook, such as one used to land fish
- club — A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
verb putter
- boondoggle — People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much.
- dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
- doodle — a small pile of hay; haystack.
- fiddle — a musical instrument of the viol family.
- fribble — to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle.
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