Putter \Put"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puttered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puttering}.] [See {Potter}.] To act inefficiently or idly; to occupy oneself in a liesurely manner; to trifle; to potter; as, to putter around in the garden. [1913 Webster +PJC]
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "puttering": coquetry, dabbling, dalliance, dallying, fiddling, flirtation, fooling, fooling around, idling, jerking off, kidding around, loitering, messing around, monkeying, monkeying around, piddling, playing, playing around, pottering, smattering, tinkering, toying, trifling