pooter
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
pooter (plural pooters)
- A glass jar used for collecting small insects etc; it has two tubes, one (protected by a gauze) which is sucked, the other up which the insect is drawn.
- Synonym: aspirator
Verb edit
pooter (third-person singular simple present pooters, present participle pootering, simple past and past participle pootered)
- To capture (insects) with a pooter.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
pooter (third-person singular simple present pooters, present participle pootering, simple past and past participle pootered)
- To move about aimlessly; to potter around.