See putter around on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1994 January 21, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):",
"text": "I can't wait until I'm old enough to \"putter around\".",
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"glosses": [
"To engage in meaningless activity."
],
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"engage",
"engage"
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"(US) To engage in meaningless activity."
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"word": "potter around"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"word": "vagar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"word": "trabalhejar"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "krzątać się"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"word": "ficar de enrolação"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"word": "prčkati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"word": "petljati"
}
]
}
],
"word": "putter around"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"word": "vagar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"word": "trabalhejar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "krzątać się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"word": "ficar de enrolação"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"word": "prčkati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to engage in meaningless activity",
"word": "petljati"
}
],
"word": "putter around"
}
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