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noun | verb putterputter1 /ˈpʌt̮ɚ/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYputter1Origin: 1700-1800 putt a type of golf club (=stick) to hit the ball a short distance toward or into the hole noun | verb putterputter2 verb [intransitive always + adv./prep.] ETYMOLOGYputter2Origin: 1800-1900 potter to putter (16-21 centuries), from pote to push (11-19 centuries), from Old English potian VERB TABLEputter |
Present | I, you, we, they | putter | | he, she, it | putters | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | puttered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have puttered | | he, she, it | has puttered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had puttered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will putter | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have puttered |
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Present | I | am puttering | | he, she, it | is puttering | | you, we, they | are puttering | Past | I, he, she, it | was puttering | | you, we, they | were puttering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been puttering | | he, she, it | has been puttering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been puttering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be puttering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been puttering |
1to spend time doing things that are not very important, in a relaxed way: putter around/in Grandpa spent the morning puttering around the garden.2to walk or move slowly and without hurrying: putter along/down etc. The bus was puttering along in the slow lane. |