From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Putter \Put"ter\, n.
1. One who puts or plates.
[1913 Webster]
2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal
mine, and the like. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Putter \Putt"er\, n. (Golf)
(a) A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a
metal head, used in putting.
(b) One who putts.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Putter \Put"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puttered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Puttering.] [See Potter.]
To act inefficiently or idly; to occupy oneself in a
liesurely manner; to trifle; to potter; as, to putter around
in the garden.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
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]