potter
verb /ˈpɒtə(r)/
/ˈpɑːtər/
(British English) (North American English putter)
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they potter | /ˈpɒtə(r)/ /ˈpɑːtər/ |
| he / she / it potters | /ˈpɒtəz/ /ˈpɑːtərz/ |
| past simple pottered | /ˈpɒtəd/ /ˈpɑːtərd/ |
| past participle pottered | /ˈpɒtəd/ /ˈpɑːtərd/ |
| -ing form pottering | /ˈpɒtərɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːtərɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to do things or move without hurrying, especially when you are doing something that you enjoy and that is not important
- I spent the day pottering around the house.
Word Originverb mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘poke repeatedly’): frequentative of dialect pote ‘to push, kick, or poke’ of unknown origin.