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Definition of "putter" [put•ter•putt•er]
- A short golf club used for putting. (noun)
- A golfer who is putting. (noun)
- To occupy oneself in an aimless or ineffective manner. (verb-intransitive)
- To waste (time) in idling: puttered away the hours in the garden. (verb-transitive)
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Use "putter" in a sentence
- "Away they went on the instant, _putter, putter, putter_, lifting themselves almost out of water with the swift-moving feet and tiny wings."
- "III. iii.48 (67,2) [Each putter out on five for one] This passage alluding to a forgotten custom is very obscure: the _putter out_ must be a traveller, else how could he give this account? the"
- "MINT ping redwood d66 black satin putter STIFF RIGHT BL"