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putter about

putter about verb: to be engaged in meaningless activity.

Verb

putter about (third-person singular simple present putters about, present participle puttering about, simple past and past participle puttered about)

  1. (intransitive) To be engaged in meaningless activity.

Forms of putter about

third-person singular presentputters about
present participleputtering about
past participleputtered about
pastputtered about

Questions about putter about

What does putter about mean?
Putter about means to be engaged in meaningless activity.
What part of speech is putter about?
Putter about is a verb.
What is the past tense of putter about?
The past tense of putter about is puttered about.

Words near putter about in the dictionary

  1. putteedars
  2. puttees
  3. putten
  4. Puttenham
  5. putter
  6. putter about
  7. putter around
  8. putter up
  9. putter-on
  10. puttered
  11. puttered about

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