Crossword clues for pottered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.
Pottering about the Mile End cottages.
--Mrs. Humphry Ward. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: potter)
Usage examples of "pottered".
On this visit, he pottered around the office while Lombar bullied him.
Heller pottered about, neating things up, cleaning things, polishing up the table, straightening up the room.
Instead, he pottered round the old vicarage he’d bought not far from Newquay and amused himself building gadgets.
Brother Anatoly pottered in the kitchen garden below, and cerulean doves cooed in the rafters of the rambling chalet.
He muttered to himself aloud, warming up his disused Betan accent, he pottered about the elaborate Owner's Cabin.