Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US)To engage in meaningless activity.

More definitions
  • move around aimlessly

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom puttered around in the garden all morning.

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  2. He likes to putter around in the garden.

    ruОн любит возиться в огороде. — marafon

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

putters around, puttering around, puttered around, puttered around
Base formputter around · to putter around
3rd person singularputters around
Present participleputtering around
Past simpleputtered around
Past participleputtered around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyputter around
he, she, itputters around

Past simpleLesson

all personsputtered around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave puttered around
he, she, ithas puttered around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill putter around

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
puttputterputtyputz
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