puttered; puttering; putters
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Verb
the motorboat puttered across the lake
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Koh Ewe, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
With a smart design and secure interior — straps inside are sure to keep your driver and putter in place — this is the perfect companion for your next golf trip.
—Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
For a brief moment after Trump’s shooting on Saturday, some in politics wondered whether the drumbeat of dissent against Biden had peaked — or might putter out in the face of an entirely new chapter in the race.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
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Noun
Italian race walker Massimo Stano and U.S. shot putter Payton Otterdahl similarly recreated One Piece poses in Tokyo.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
With a smart design and secure interior — straps inside are sure to keep your driver and putter in place — this is the perfect companion for your next golf trip.
—Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
Verb
This is the second in an eight-part series exploring the 1989 murder of Kevin Hughes, a country music chart director who knew too much.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The little red Volkswagen puttered northbound along 16th Avenue South.
—Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
For a brief moment after Trump’s shooting on Saturday, some in politics wondered whether the drumbeat of dissent against Biden had peaked — or might putter out in the face of an entirely new chapter in the race.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
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“Putter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/putter. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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putter
1 of 3 noun
put·ter
ˈpu̇t-ər 
: one that puts
putter
2 of 3 noun
putt·er
ˈpət-ər
1
: a golf club used in putting
2
: a person who putts
Etymology
Noun
from put and -er (noun suffix)
Noun
from putt and -er (noun suffix)
Verb
an altered form of earlier potter "to move about idly without aim or purpose"
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