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pottered about

pottered about is the simple past and past participle of potter about.

Meaning of potter about

Verb

potter about (third-person singular simple present potters about, present participle pottering about, simple past and past participle pottered about)

  1. (UK) 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.
    Synonyms:
    potter around

Questions about pottered about

What is pottered about the simple past and past participle of?
Pottered about is the simple past and past participle of potter about.

Words near pottered about in the dictionary

  1. Potter-Bucky diaphragm
  2. Potter-Bucky diaphragms
  3. Potter-esque
  4. Potterdom
  5. pottered
  6. pottered about
  7. pottered around
  8. potterer
  9. potterers
  10. Potteresque
  11. potteress

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