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putter

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/

The English word “putter” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
  2. To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating.

noun

  1. One who puts or places.
  2. A shot-putter.
  3. One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, to transport the coal mined by the getter.
  4. A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
  5. A person who is taking a putt or putting.

Etymology

Alteration of potter.

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