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Noun: putter  pû-tu(r)
  1. A golf club used on the putting green
    "He selected his putter for the final stroke";
    - putting iron [archaic]
     
  2. A golfer who is putting
    "The putter lined up his shot carefully before tapping the ball"
Verb: putter  pû-tu(r)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: potter)
  1. Do random, unplanned work, activities or spend time idly
    "The old lady is usually puttering in her little house";
    - mess around [informal], potter [Brit], tinker, monkey around [informal], muck about [Brit, informal], muck around [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: puttered, putters, puttering

Type of: golf player, golfer, iron, work

Encyclopedia: Putter