单词 | putter |
释义 | putter putter1 —putterer, n. —putteringly, adv. /put"euhr/, 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. 5. puttering or ineffective action; dawdling. Also, esp. Brit., potter. [1875-80; var. of POTTER2] putter2 /put"euhr/, 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. [1735-45; PUTT + -ER1] putter3 /poot"euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that puts. 2. Track. a shot-putter. [1810-20; PUT + -ER1] |
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