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What is another word for putter?

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Verb

To engage in an unproductive activity

To move or walk lackadaisically

To tinker or fidget with something

To waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

To be slow to act

To exert effort or labor on a task

An implement used in golfing to strike a ball

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To engage in an unproductive activity

molder^US

moulder^UK

sit back and do nothing

“I stay at home and putter lazily. This is the life of anybody free of burdensome, depressing aspirations.”

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To move or walk lackadaisically

go for a constitutional

move at a snail's pace

reconnoiter^US

reconnoitre^UK

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“Jerry had told Zack to putter over to the dock as quietly as possible and just tie up and wait.”

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To tinker or fidget with something

tinker at the edges of

rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

mess around with

fool about with

mess about with

tinker with the edges of

touch without permission

amuse oneself

handle without permission

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“The Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.”

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To waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

do nothing in particular

moulder^UK

molder^US

sit back and do nothing

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To be slow to act

temporize^US

temporise^UK

put off doing something

be indecisive

drag your heels

use delaying tactics

let the grass grow under one's feet

appear to pass slowly

fiddle about

take one's own sweet time

kick the can down the road

do nothing in particular

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To exert effort or labor on a task

labor^US

labour^UK

endeavor^US

endeavour^UK

beaver away

plod

peg away

plow^US

plough^UK

give it your best shot

give it your all

bust a gut

hammer away

work your fingers to the bone

keep your nose to the grindstone

pull out all the stops

make an all-out effort

move heaven and earth

burn the candle at both ends

work oneself to the bone

fall over backwards

put one's back into something

give something one's best shot

give something one's all

dig in

make a supreme effort

put up a fight against

keep nose to grindstone

go for the doctor

strain every nerve

push oneself to the limit

try very hard

drive oneself to the limit

go back to the salt mines

leave no stone unturned

put one's back into it

have a shot at

take on

have one's nose to grindstone

put effort into something

drudge away

stick at

work one's socks off on

put one's heart and soul into it

go the whole nine yards

go all in

leave nothing in the tank

lay it all on the line

go all-out

bust chops

put pedal to the metal

try my best

put it all on the line

give it all you've got

put in one hundred percent

give one hundred percent

do one's darnedest

put the pedal to the metal

make one's way with difficulty

use some elbow grease

put one's shoulder to the wheel

burn the midnight oil

roll up one's sleeves

get your act together

direct your efforts towards

get down to the nitty-gritty

get to work

get down to brass tacks

get down to nuts and bolts

proceed with difficulty

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An implement used in golfing to strike a ball

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