Definition: putter

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

putter
     n 1: a golfer who is putting
     2: the iron normally used on the putting green [syn: putting
        iron]
     v 1: work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the
          garden" [syn: potter]
     2: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;
        "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little
        house" [syn: mess around, potter, tinker, monkey,
        monkey around, muck about, muck around]
     3: move around aimlessly [syn: potter, potter around, putter
        around]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Putter \Putt"er\, n. (Golf)
   (a) A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal
       head, used in putting.
   (b) One who putts.
Putter \Put"ter\, n.
   1. One who puts or plates.

   2. Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal
      mine, and the like. [Prov. Eng.]
Putter \Put"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puttered; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Puttering.] [See Potter.]
   To act inefficiently or idly; to trifle; to potter.