verb
putter
To move or work casually without a clear aim.
On quiet afternoons, I putter around the house without any plans.
Etymology
Putter is a variant of potter in the idle-activity sense. It is separate from the golfing implement.
More examples
- She putters in the garden until lunchtime.
- We spent Sunday puttering around, doing a little of this and that.
- He puttered in the garage but never finished anything.
Forms
putter · putters · puttered · puttering