puttering

English

Verb

puttering

1. present participle and gerund of putter

Noun

puttering (plural putterings)

1. The act of one who putters.
   • 2001, Gordon MacCreagh, White Waters and Black:

     He has had legal and business training; so his complex is an ultimate scorn for the ineffectual fussings and putterings of men who have not been trained along practical lines — such as scientists.