Dictionary

put•ter

Pronunciation: (put'ur), [key]
—v.i.
1. to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
2. 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.
3. to move or go slowly or aimlessly; loiter.
4. putter away, to spend or fill in a random, inconsequential, or unproductive way; fritter away; waste: We puttered the morning away.

—n.
puttering or ineffective action; dawdling. Also, esp. Brit.,potter.

putt•er

Pronunciation: (put'ur), [key]
—n. Golf.
1. a person who putts.
2. a club with a relatively short, stiff shaft and a wooden or iron head, used in putting.