2 entries under this word

Putter

Put'ter, n.

noun

n. [From put.] 1. One who puts or places. 2. One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like.

Pŭt'ter, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. PUTTERED; p. pr. & vb. n. PUTTERING.] To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter. See POTTER.