"puttering" meaning in English

See puttering in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: putterings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} puttering (plural putterings)
  1. The act of one who putters.
    Sense id: en-puttering-en-noun-xsVrW3zh

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} puttering
  1. present participle and gerund of putter Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: putter
    Sense id: en-puttering-en-verb-FDJUWruL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80

Inflected forms

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