to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner

to putter in the garden.

to move or go in a specified manner with ineffective action or little energy or purpose

to putter about the house on a rainy day.

to move or go slowly or aimlessly; loiter.

puttering or ineffective action; dawdling. ?

putter away, to spend or fill in a random, inconsequential, or unproductive way; fritter away; waste

We puttered the morning away.

verb

execute

verb

doodle , fiddle , fritter , goof around , loiter , mess , mess around * , niggle , poke * , potter * , puddle * , shuffle around , tinker * , fool , bustle , fidget , monkey , play , tinker , toy , trifle , twiddle , dabble , dally , dawdle , fool around , fribble , loaf , pother , potter