potter around

potter around
To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.

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

See Also: potter

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  • potter around — or potter about PHRASAL VERB If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying. [BRIT] [V P] I was perfectly happy just pottering around doing up my flat... [V P n] At weekends he would potter around… …   English dictionary

  • potter around/about — [phrasal verb] Brit : to spend time in a relaxed way doing small jobs and other things that are not very important He spent his vacation pottering around [=(US) puttering around] the house/garden. • • • Main Entry: ↑potter …   Useful english dictionary

  • potter around — verb move around aimlessly • Syn: ↑putter, ↑potter, ↑putter around • Derivationally related forms: ↑potterer (for: ↑potter), ↑putterer ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • Potter, New York — Infobox Settlement official name = Potter, New York settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image |pushpin pushpin label position = pushpin map caption =Location within the state of New York pushpin mapsize = mapsize …   Wikipedia

  • potter about — verb 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. Syn: potter around See Also: potter …   Wiktionary

  • potter — [[t]pɒ̱tə(r)[/t]] potters, pottering, pottered N COUNT A potter is someone who makes pottery. Phrasal Verbs: potter around potter about …   English dictionary

  • potter about — see potter around …   English dictionary

  • Around the Next Dream — Around the Next Dream …   Википедия

  • potter's wheel — n a piece of equipment that turns around, onto which wet clay is placed so that it can be shaped by hand into a pot …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • potter — meaning ‘to occupy oneself in a desultory but pleasurable way’, is normally used with about or around. Its inflected forms are pottered, pottering. In AmE the usual spelling is putter …   Modern English usage

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