putter
verb (used without object)
to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner.
am puttering
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present progressiveof putter (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But how can I consistently write upstairs—I am puttering with a novel—with so expensive a din sounding in my ears?
From Hints to Pilgrims by Charles Stephen Brooks
