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putter (1)

put·ter [ púttər ] (past and past participle put·tered, present participle put·ter·ing, 3rd person present singular put·ters)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
pass time with trivial things: to do trivial or unimportant tasks in a random, leisurely way
just puttering in the garden

[Late 19th century. Variant of potter2]

put·ter·er noun
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