putter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: putter	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for putter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
putter n a golfer who is putting the iron normally used on the putting green Synonym(s): putter, putting iron v work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" Synonym(s): potter, putter do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house" Synonym(s): putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around move around aimlessly Synonym(s): putter, potter, potter around, putter around
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putter \Putt"er\, n. (Golf) (a) A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting. (b) One who putts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putter \Put"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puttered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puttering}.] [See {Potter}.] To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Putter \Put"ter\, n. 1. One who puts or plates. 2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like. [Prov. Eng.]