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Webster 1913 Edition
Putter
Put′ter
,Noun.
1.
One who puts or plates.
2.
Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like.
[Prov. Eng.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Putter
PUT'TER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
putter
putter
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: pŭt'ə(r), IPA(key): /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/
Verb
putter (third-person singular simple present putters, present participle puttering, simple past and past participle puttered)
- (intransitive) To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 13, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- enPR: po͝ot'ə(r), IPA(key): /ˈpʊtə(ɹ)/
Noun
putter (plural putters)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- enPR: pŭt'ə(r), IPA(key): /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/
Noun
putter (plural putters)
- (golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
- (golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.
See also
French
Etymology 1
Borrowing from English putter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pœ.tœʁ/
Noun
putter m (plural putters)
- putter (golf club)
Etymology 2
Verb
putter
Conjugation
Conjugation of putter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | putter | avoir putté | |||||
gerund | en puttant | en ayant putté | |||||
present participle | puttant /pœ.tɑ̃/ |
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past participle | putté /pœ.te/ |
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person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
simple tenses |
present | putte /pœt/ |
puttes /pœt/ |
putte /pœt/ |
puttons /pœ.tɔ̃/ |
puttez /pœ.te/ |
puttent /pœt/ |
imperfect | puttais /pœ.tɛ/ |
puttais /pœ.tɛ/ |
puttait /pœ.tɛ/ |
puttions /pœ.tjɔ̃/ |
puttiez /pœ.tje/ |
puttaient /pœ.tɛ/ |
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past historic1 | puttai /pœ.te/ |
puttas /pœ.ta/ |
putta /pœ.ta/ |
puttâmes /pœ.tam/ |
puttâtes /pœ.tat/ |
puttèrent /pœ.tɛʁ/ |
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future | putterai /pœ.tʁe/ |
putteras /pœ.tʁa/ |
puttera /pœ.tʁa/ |
putterons /pœ.tʁɔ̃/ |
putterez /pœ.tʁe/ |
putteront /pœ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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conditional | putterais /pœ.tʁɛ/ |
putterais /pœ.tʁɛ/ |
putterait /pœ.tʁɛ/ |
putterions /pœ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
putteriez /pœ.tə.ʁje/ |
putteraient /pœ.tʁɛ/ |
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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 /pœt/ |
puttes /pœt/ |
putte /pœt/ |
puttions /pœ.tjɔ̃/ |
puttiez /pœ.tje/ |
puttent /pœt/ |
imperfect1 |
puttasse /pœ.tas/ |
puttasses /pœ.tas/ |
puttât /pœ.ta/ |
puttassions /pœ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
puttassiez /pœ.ta.sje/ |
puttassent /pœ.tas/ |
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compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
— | putte /pœt/ |
— | puttons /pœ.tɔ̃/ |
puttez /pœ.te/ |
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