putter

Related to putter: putter around

putter about

To move from place to place, doing trivial, random, or aimless tasks or activities. It makes me sad thinking of my granddad puttering about in that big old house all by himself. I didn't have a specific plan while I was in London, so I spent most of the time just puttering about.
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putter along

1. To move forward at a listless pace or in an aimless manner. You can still see my granddad puttering along into town each morning, the same way he's done every morning for the last 30 years. I hate it when people potter along in the bike lane when I'm trying to get to work each morning. Go to the countryside if you're looking for a leisurely bike ride!
2. To continue or make progress at a steady, consistent pace, especially one that is neither particularly fast nor slow. The economy has been puttering along for a while now, and while it continues to make gains, it is not accelerating at the pace many economists say is needed to recover from the recession. Our business has been puttering along. We haven't exploded into success, but we're making good growth each month.
See also: putter

putter around

To move from place to place, doing trivial, random, or aimless tasks or activities. It makes me sad thinking of my granddad puttering around that big old house all by himself. I didn't have a specific plan while I was in London, so I spent most of the time just puttering around.
See also: around, putter
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

putter around

 and putter about
to do little things of little consequence; to do small tasks as found around the house. I spent all of Saturday just puttering around, not really getting anything done. I stayed home and puttered about during my vacation.
See also: around, putter
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • defect to
  • defect to (something)
  • ditch (some place)
  • Mecca for
  • flock in
  • flock in(to) (some place or thing)
  • barrel in
  • barrel in(to)
  • come on into (some place)
  • come right in
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For some reason, this particular player was not satisfied and he went on to add another putter after the ninth hole.
Any club will do but no more than 14
How wrong the doomsayers were - it has taken Scott just two months to claim the Honda Classic title, his first victory with a short putter since the Singapore Open five years ago.
Long and the short of it is that Scott is a born winner
PUTTERLY DISGUSTED Ian Poulter is ready for a change of putter after his poor show on the Augusta National greens
Poulter: It's time to toss my putter in the sin bin
However, he denies by changing his putter he is trying to give himself a much-needed lift.
I'm putting faith in my game: Ian
LESS than a year after wishing anchored putters would swiftly be banned, three-time major winner Padraig Harrington has said he intends to use one in the Wells Fargo Championship which starts today.
Harrington switch
"I was at home last week and I was messing around with a belly putter and it felt very good.
Harrington switches to belly putter in America
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, although the PGA Tour reiterated its opposition to the rule change, however, the R and A and United States Golf Association are determined to hold firm to their decision of banning long putters from 2016 with the backing of all the other major professional circuits, including the European Tour.
US golf bodies to ban 'broom handle' putter from 2016 even after Scott's Masters triumph
This is a reaction to many of the leading players turning to the belly putter to improve their putting.
Golf Clinic
Pettersson, who qualified for the Tournament of Champions by winning at Hilton Head, began using a broom-handle putter that he anchors to his chest between his sophomore and junior year at North Carolina State.
Pettersson: Golf on 'witch hunt' of long putters
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the US Golf Association said on Wednesday the rule would not outlaw belly putter or broom-handle putters, only the way they are currently used.
Long putters to go belly up
In what surely qualifies as a First World problem, the world of professional golf is embroiled in a fierce debate over the merits of the long putter. With more and more golfers choosing to use the putters, and more high-profile wins being recorded with them, the U.S.
Which putter will make par?
"We want change, said Kaveta, "we are tired of management always wanting us to listen to them when they do not want to listen to us." The workers said that things got worse when general manager Rudie Putter came into office.
"We want change"
The friend noticed a rusty golf putter lying on a shelf.
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