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Meaning of putter

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  putter
      n 1: a golfer who is putting
      2: the iron normally used on the putting green [syn: {putter},
         {putting iron}]
      v 1: work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the
           garden" [syn: {potter}, {putter}]
      2: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;
         "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"
         [syn: {putter}, {mess around}, {potter}, {tinker}, {monkey},
         {monkey around}, {muck about}, {muck around}]
      3: move around aimlessly [syn: {putter}, {potter}, {potter
         around}, {putter around}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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