putter

from The Century Dictionary.

• A variant of potter.
• noun One who puts or places: as, a putter of obstacles in one's way.
• noun One who puts or hauls coal from the place where it is mined to the point from which it is raised to the surface; one who transports coal on any underground road. Also called haulier, drawer, and trammer.
• noun One who puts or throws, especially a stone: as, he is but a poor putter.
• noun (put′ ėr). In golf-playing, a club with a stiff and comparatively short shaft, generally used when the ball is on the putting-green.
• noun One who puts or places something on something else.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• intransitive verb To act inefficiently or idly; to occupy oneself in a liesurely manner; to trifle; to potter.
• noun A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting.
• noun One who putts.
• noun One who puts or plates.
• noun Prov. Eng. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb intransitive To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
• noun One who puts.
• noun golf A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
• noun golf A person who is taking a putt or putting.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
• verb work lightly
• noun the iron normally used on the putting green
• noun a golfer who is putting
• verb move around aimlessly