potter about

English

Verb

potter about (third-person singular simple present potters about, present participle pottering about, simple past and past participle pottered about)

1. (UK) To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.

   I like to relax pottering about the house doing this and that at the weekends.

   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15

     "I remember before we were married he used to potter about with a paint-box. But you never saw such daubs. We used to chaff him. He had absolutely no gift for anything like that."

Translations

Synonyms

• potter around

Related terms

• potter