Usually means: Occupying oneself in a relaxed manner.
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  1. puttering: Merriam-Webster
  2. puttering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. puttering: Vocabulary.com
  4. Puttering, puttering: Wordnik
  5. puttering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. puttering: Wiktionary
  7. Puttering, puttering: Dictionary.com
  8. puttering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Puttering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Puttering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. puttering: FreeDictionary.org
  12. puttering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. puttering: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  The act of one who putters.

Similar:
potter around, putter around, mess around, muck around, monkey around, tinker, potter, monkey, putting iron, puttee, more...

Opposite:
efficient, productive, purposeful, focused, streamlined

Phrases:
puttering around, more...

Adjectives:
busy, uncalculated, little, futile, happy, good, slow, aimless, mere, inventive, fruitless

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Similar:
potter around, putter around, mess around, muck around, monkey around, tinker, potter, monkey, putting iron, puttee, more...

Opposite:
efficient, productive, purposeful, focused, streamlined

Phrases:
puttering around, more...

Adjectives:
busy, uncalculated, little, futile, happy, good, slow, aimless, mere, inventive, fruitless



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