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PUTTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The iron normally used on the putting green
Synonyms:
putter; putting iron
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("putter" is a kind of...):
iron (a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head)
Derivation:
putt (strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter)
putt (hit a putt)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A golfer who is putting
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("putter" is a kind of...):
golf player; golfer; linksman (someone who plays the game of golf)
Derivation:
putt (strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter)
putt (hit a putt)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they putter ... he / she / it putters
Past simple: puttered
Past participle: puttered
-ing form: puttering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move around aimlessly
Synonyms:
potter; potter around; putter; putter around
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "putter" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
putterer (a person who putters about)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
Example:
The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
Synonyms:
mess around; monkey; monkey around; muck about; muck around; potter; putter; tinker
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "putter" is one way to...):
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "putter"):
puddle (mess around, as in a liquid or paste)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
putterer (a person who putters about)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Work lightly
Example:
The old lady is pottering around in the garden
Synonyms:
potter; putter
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "putter" is one way to...):
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
putterer (a person who putters about)
