putter

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of potter

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭt'ə(r), IPA: /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"pVt@(r\)/

Verb

putter (third-person singular simple present putters, present participle puttering, simple past and past participle puttered)

1. (intransitive) To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.

Etymology 2

put +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• enPR: po͝ot'ə(r), IPA: /ˈpʊtə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"pUt@(r\)/

Noun

putter (plural putters)

1. One who puts or places.
2. One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine.

Etymology 3

putt +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭt'ə(r), IPA: /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"pVt@(r\)/

Noun

putter (plural putters)

1. (golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
2. (golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.

See also

• shot-putter

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Dutch

Noun

putter m (plural putters, diminutive puttertje)

1. European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis

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French

Etymology

from English

Noun

putter m (plural putters)

1. putter (golf club)

Verb

putter

1. (golf) to putt

Conjugation

   Conjugation of putter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		putter			avoir putté
gerund		en puttant			en ayant putté
present participle		puttant
past participle		putté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	putte	puttes	putte	puttons	puttez	puttent
	imperfect	puttais	puttais	puttait	puttions	puttiez	puttaient
	past historic1	puttai	puttas	putta	puttâmes	puttâtes	puttèrent
	future	putterai	putteras	puttera	putterons	putterez	putteront
	conditional	putterais	putterais	putterait	putterions	putteriez	putteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	putte	puttes	putte	puttions	puttiez	puttent
	imperfect1	puttasse	puttasses	puttât	puttassions	puttassiez	puttassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	putte	—	puttons	puttez	—
1literary tenses

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Vilamovian

Noun

putter f

1. butter