putter around

phrasal verb

puttered around; puttering around; putters around

US

: to spend time in a relaxed way doing small jobs and other things that are not very important

I didn't do much last weekend. I just puttered around.

He spent his vacation puttering around the house/garden.

Examples of putter around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright followed, and now Jax is puttering around in his front yard, all alone, blowing leaves down the driveway as if that is some job. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025

Enjoy puttering around home and making improvements and repairs. —Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025

Still, sources inside the streamer insist there’s optimism over Meghan’s new show, a Sue Ann Nivens-like series in which the happy homemaker putters around the house doling out cooking and gardening tips. —Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025

But while puttering around the house or strength training, the lack of a wraparound neckband makes these infinitely more comfortable, especially for exercises like chest presses or leaning back in my chair. —Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025

These types of tournaments often become putting contests, and Bezuidenhout is one of the best putters around. —Dennis Esser, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024

For the remainder of the film, Sorvino putters around the Pole tinkering with his sled, doing step aerobics with the elves, and performing in a jazz quartet. —Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024

Fall is simultaneously a wonderful time of year to get outside or putter around at home. —Sara Coughlin, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024

This year, the characters fighting for the Iron Throne of Westeros spent a lot of time puttering around, but also delivered a really good dragon fight and even a surprising death. —Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024

Rhymes for putter around

• abound
• aground
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground
• foreground