puttered; puttering; putters
Examples of putter in a Sentence
Verb
the motorboat puttered across the lake
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Matthew Schnipper, Vulture, 31 July 2025
The Odyssey Happy Gilmore putter and Callaway golf ball.
—Brooks Peck, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Ethan Bauer, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2025
Even when just puttering along in the village around the Lamborghini factory, something feels different.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
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Noun
In one scene, as Alvin putters by on the shoulder, dozens of cyclists speed past him, blowing off his hat.
—Matthew Schnipper, Vulture, 31 July 2025
The Odyssey Happy Gilmore putter and Callaway golf ball.
—Brooks Peck, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Verb
In the video, a man putters up and down the street carrying a pitchfork, shouting at his neighbors and at no one, punctuated by the occasional obscenity.
—Ethan Bauer, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2025
Even when just puttering along in the village around the Lamborghini factory, something feels different.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
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“Putter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/putter. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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putter
1 of 3 noun
put·ter
ˈpu̇t-ər 
: one that puts
putter
2 of 3 noun
putt·er
ˈpət-ər
1
: a golf club used in putting
2
: a person who putts
Etymology
Noun
from put and -er (noun suffix)
Noun
from putt and -er (noun suffix)
Verb
an altered form of earlier potter "to move about idly without aim or purpose"
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