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puttered around

puttered around is the simple past and past participle of putter around.

Meaning of putter around

Verb

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

  1. (US) To engage in meaningless activity.
    • I can't wait until I'm old enough to "putter around".1994 January 21, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic)

Questions about puttered around

What is puttered around the simple past and past participle of?
Puttered around is the simple past and past participle of putter around.

Words near puttered around in the dictionary

  1. putter around
  2. putter up
  3. putter-on
  4. puttered
  5. puttered about
  6. puttered around
  7. putterer
  8. putterers
  9. puttering
  10. puttering about
  11. puttering around

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