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Meanings of putter in English

Spanish
entretenerse

Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly.

      entretenerse
      Catalan
      putter

      The iron normally used on the putting green.

            putter

            Move around aimlessly.

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                  Examples for "potter around"
                  Examples for "potter around"
                  1
                  I'll potter around this evening and build one behind the woodshed.
                  Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
                  2
                  I'll potter around in the gardens, then read until the night shift comes on.'
                  The millionaire's rebellious mistress
                  3
                  Guess he wanted to potter around there a bit.
                  By Reef and Palm
                  4
                  In the driveway, the family dogs potter around, looking for amusement on a bedraggled day.
                  The Irish Times
                  5
                  Then she could potter around all she liked.
                  Greener Than You Think
                  1
                  We putter around in an aimless sort of way and get nowhere.
                  The Peace Negotiations: A Personal Narrative
                  2
                  No military discipline, lots of reading and things to putter around with.
                  The Forever War
                  3
                  And I just love to putter around in a kitchen.
                  River girl
                  4
                  I putter around my own place Saturdays and Sundays and I know what devilgrass is like.
                  Greener Than You Think
                  5
                  We do have gardening activities, a greenhouse, a library and a barn they can putter around.
                  Mister Slaughter
                  Usage of putter in English
                  1
                  Tick tock, the time is nigh for advocates of the long putter.
                  The Irish Times
                  2
                  A lot of that I learned through putting with a longer putter.
                  The Guardian
                  3
                  She laid down the putter and fingered the balls for a moment.
                  The Ashiel mystery: A Detective Story
                  4
                  We putter around in an aimless sort of way and get nowhere.
                  The Peace Negotiations: A Personal Narrative
                  5
                  On his game he is long and straight and a nerveless putter.
                  The Guardian
                  6
                  And the one club that's hurting me is the putter, said Mickelson.
                  Reuters
                  7
                  Costello, a former Olympic shot putter, stands at six feet, five inches.
                  The Irish Times
                  8
                  No military discipline, lots of reading and things to putter around with.
                  The Forever War
                  9
                  A putter is a putter, I have switched them throughout a season.
                  The Guardian
                  10
                  If my putter gets hot, I'm going to win pretty soon, yeah.
                  News.com.au
                  11
                  A moment, then he took his stance and swung his putter smoothly.
                  Flowing Gold
                  12
                  He leaned back and flung his putter straight up at the sky.
                  Tommy's honor: the story of old tom morris and young tom morris,...
                  13
                  My putter is typically one of the best clubs in the bag.
                  Reuters
                  14
                  Under pressure it feels miles better than the short putter felt.
                  The Guardian
                  15
                  There used to be the long putter, that was then banned.
                  Reuters
                  16
                  He's been very decent - and very unlucky - with his putter today.
                  The Guardian
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                  Translations for putter
                  Catalan
                  putter
                  Putter through the time
                  Putter across language varieties
                  Ireland
                  Common
                  United States of America
                  Less common
                  United Kingdom
                  Less common