Found 2 items, similar to Pottering.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: potter potter v 1: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; “The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house” [syn: putter, mess around, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around] 2: work lightly; “The old lady is pottering around in the garden” [syn: putter] 3: move around aimlessly [syn: putter, potter around, putter around ] potter n : a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln [syn: thrower, ceramicist, ceramist]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pottering Potter \Pot"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pottered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pottering.] [Cf. W. pwtio to poke, or OD. poteren to search one thoroughly, Sw. p[*a]ta, peta, to pick, E. pother, put.] 1. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother. [1913 Webster] Pottering about the Mile End cottages. --Mrs. Humphry Ward. [1913 Webster] 2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter. [1913 Webster]