putter around

1. 1.

   move around aimlessly

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Questions about putter around

What does putter around mean?

putter around means "move around aimlessly".

What is another word for putter around?

Close synonyms include putter, potter, potter around. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is putter around a common word?

putter around is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.