Hypertext Webster Gateway: "putter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Putter \Putt"er\, n. (Golf)
(a) A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal
head, used in putting.
(b) One who putts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Putter \Put"ter\, n.
1. One who puts or plates.
2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal
mine, and the like. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Putter \Put"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puttered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Puttering}.] [See {Potter}.]
To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
putter
n 1: a golfer who is putting
2: the iron normally used on the putting green [syn: {putting
iron}]
v 1: work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the
garden" [syn: {potter}]
2: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;
"The old lady is usually mucking about in her little
house" [syn: {mess around}, {potter}, {tinker}, {monkey},
{monkey around}, {muck about}, {muck around}]
3: move around aimlessly [syn: {potter}, {potter around}, {putter
around}]
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