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pottered around

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

Meaning of potter around

Verb

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

  1. (UK) To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.
    • I like to relax pottering around the house doing this and that at the weekends.
    Synonyms:
    potter about

Questions about pottered around

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

Words near pottered around in the dictionary

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

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