potter about
potter about verb: to potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.
Verb
potter about (third-person singular simple present potters about, present participle pottering about, simple past and past participle pottered about)
- To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.
- I like to relax pottering about the house doing this and that at the weekends.
- So after "pottering about" and "daudling" a little, we moved up State Street, still attended by the same honorary retinue.1835, Dorah Mahony, Six Months in a House of Correction
- Synonyms:
- potter around
potter about meaning in Malayalam
potter about in Malayalam
- fiddle about, fiddle around, do nothing much
- നിസ്സാരകാര്യങ്ങളിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുക, അലസമായി ചുറ്റിത്തിരിയുക, ബാലിശമായി പെരുമാറുക, ചുമ്മാതിരിക്കുക, വൃഥാനേരം കളയുക, മിനക്കെടുക
Synonyms of potter about
Forms of potter about
| third-person singular present | potters about |
|---|---|
| present participle | pottering about |
| past participle | pottered about |
| past | pottered about |
Questions about potter about
- What does potter about mean?
- Potter about means to potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.
- What is potter about in Malayalam?
- Potter about in Malayalam is നിസ്സാരകാര്യങ്ങളിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുക, അലസമായി ചുറ്റിത്തിരിയുക, ബാലിശമായി പെരുമാറുക. See Potter about meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is potter about?
- Potter about is a verb.
- What is the past tense of potter about?
- The past tense of potter about is pottered about.
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