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puttering around

puttering around is the present participle and gerund 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 puttering around

What is puttering around the present participle and gerund of?
Puttering around is the present participle and gerund of putter around.

Words near puttering around in the dictionary

  1. puttered around
  2. putterer
  3. putterers
  4. puttering
  5. puttering about
  6. puttering around
  7. putteringly
  8. putterings
  9. putters
  10. putters about
  11. putters around

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