putter.
To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
Meaning & usage
To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
Where this word comes from
Alteration of potter.
One who puts or places.
A shot-putter.
One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, to transport the coal mined by the getter.
Where this word comes from
From put + -er.
A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
A person who is taking a putt or putting.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English putt Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English putter From putt + -er.
To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating.
Where this word comes from
Onomatopoeic.
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