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putters around

putters around is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 putters around

What is putters around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Putters around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of putter around.

Words near putters around in the dictionary

  1. puttering around
  2. putteringly
  3. putterings
  4. putters
  5. putters about
  6. putters around
  7. putters up
  8. putters-on
  9. puttest
  10. putteth
  11. Puttgarden

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