putter

n.

1. A short golf club used for putting.
2. A golfer who is putting.

put·ter² (pŭt'ər)

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.intr.
To occupy oneself in an aimless or ineffective manner.

v.tr.
To waste (time) in idling: puttered away the hours in the garden.

[Probably alteration of potter, probably frequentative of Middle English poten, to poke, push, from Old English potian.]

putterer put'ter·er n.

verb

1. To waste time by engaging in aimless activity: doodle, fool. Informal fool around, mess around. See thrive/fail/exist.
2. To be nervously or uselessly active: bustle, fuss. Informal mess around. See action/inaction, calm/agitation.
3. To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion: fiddle, fidget, fool, monkey, play, tinker, toy, trifle, twiddle. See touch/not touch.

v

Definition: dawdle
Antonyms: execute

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a golfer who is putting

Meaning #2: the iron normally used on the putting green
  Synonym: putting iron

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The verb putter has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: work lightly
  Synonym: potter

Meaning #2: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
  Synonyms: mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around

Meaning #3: move around aimlessly
  Synonyms: potter, potter around, putter around

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - putter, golfkølle

2.
n. - tøffer
v. intr. - tøffe

3.
v. intr. - sysle
v. tr. - sysle med

Nederlands (Dutch)
aanrommelen, golfclub, iemand die aanrommelt

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - (Golf) Putter

2.
n. - Putter
v. - herumwursteln

3.
v. - herumwursteln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικοδ.) στοκαδόρος, σπατουλαδόρος, σφαιροβόλος
v. - χασομερώ

Italiano (Italian)
indaffararsi, mazza da golf, golfista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - arremessador (m), pessoa que propõe um problema (f)
v. - trabalhar indolentemente

Русский (Russian)
короткая, прямая клюшка для гольфа

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - (golf) palo para los golpes cortos

2.
n. - el ronroneo de un pequeño motor a gasolina
v. intr. - ronronear de un motor

3.
v. intr. - ocuparse en fruslerías
v. tr. - ocuparse en fruslerías

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - putter (golf), pysslare
v. - pyssla, påta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 放置者, 提问者, 放置物, 运煤工

2. 无精打采地工作, 骚动, 漫步, 混过

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 無精打采地工作, 騷動, 漫步
v. tr. - 混過

2.
n. - 放置者, 提問者, 放置物, 運煤工

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 퍼트 하는데 쓰는 채

2.
n. - 운반부
v. intr. - 소리를 내다

3.
v. intr. - 꾸무럭 거리며 일하다
v. tr. - (시간을) 허비하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - パター, パットを打つ人, 置くもの
v. - だらだらする, ぶらつく, だらだらと浪費する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مضرب في لعبه الغولف (فعل) عمل أو سار بتأني, أضاع الوقت سدى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקל גולף קצר שטוח-ראש, חובט מכת גולף קלה‬
n. - ‮טרטור מהיר קצוב של מנוע דלק קטן‬
v. intr. - ‮טרטר כנ"ל‬
v. intr. - ‮התבטל‬
v. tr. - ‮"הרג" זמן‬

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putter	Putter Whitehot
Golf Putter	Newport Putter