putter about in English

Forms: putters about [present, singular, third-person], puttering about [participle, present], puttered about [participle, past], puttered about [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} putter about (third-person singular simple present putters about, present participle puttering about, simple past and past participle puttered about)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "putters about",
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    {
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    {
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        "To be engaged in meaningless activity."
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        "(intransitive) To be engaged in meaningless activity."
      ],
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  "word": "putter about"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "putters about",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puttered about",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puttered about",
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        "(intransitive) To be engaged in meaningless activity."
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"putter about" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms