putter – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of putter

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to putter
Participle: puttered
Gerund: puttering

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

I	putter
you	putter
he;she;it	putters
we	putter
you	putter
they	putter

Perfect

I	have puttered
you	have puttered
he;she;it	has puttered
we	have puttered
you	have puttered
they	have puttered

Past

I	puttered
you	puttered
he;she;it	puttered
we	puttered
you	puttered
they	puttered

Pluperfect

I	had puttered
you	had puttered
he;she;it	had puttered
we	had puttered
you	had puttered
they	had puttered

Future

I	will putter
you	will putter
he;she;it	will putter
we	will putter
you	will putter
they	will putter

Future Perfect

I	will have puttered
you	will have puttered
he;she;it	will have puttered
we	will have puttered
you	will have puttered
they	will have puttered

Subjunctive

Present

I	putter
you	putter
he;she;it	putter
we	putter
you	putter
they	putter

Perfect

I	have puttered
you	have puttered
he;she;it	have puttered
we	have puttered
you	have puttered
they	have puttered

Imperfect

I	puttered
you	puttered
he;she;it	puttered
we	puttered
you	puttered
they	puttered

Pluperfect

I	had puttered
you	had puttered
he;she;it	had puttered
we	had puttered
you	had puttered
they	had puttered

Conditional

Present

I	would putter
you	would putter
he;she;it	would putter
we	would putter
you	would putter
they	would putter

Perfect

I	would have puttered
you	would have puttered
he;she;it	would have puttered
we	would have puttered
you	would have puttered
they	would have puttered

Imperative

you	putter
we	Let's putter
you	putter

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

I	am puttering
you	are puttering
he;she;it	is puttering
we	are puttering
you	are puttering
they	are puttering

Perfect

I	have been puttering
you	have been puttering
he;she;it	has been puttering
we	have been puttering
you	have been puttering
they	have been puttering

Past

I	was puttering
you	were puttering
he;she;it	was puttering
we	were puttering
you	were puttering
they	were puttering

Pluperfect

I	had been puttering
you	had been puttering
he;she;it	had been puttering
we	had been puttering
you	had been puttering
they	had been puttering

Future

I	will be puttering
you	will be puttering
he;she;it	will be puttering
we	will be puttering
you	will be puttering
they	will be puttering

Future Perfect

I	will have been puttering
you	will have been puttering
he;she;it	will have been puttering
we	will have been puttering
you	will have been puttering
they	will have been puttering

Conditional

Present

I	would be puttering
you	would be puttering
he;she;it	would be puttering
we	would be puttering
you	would be puttering
they	would be puttering

Perfect

I	would have been puttering
you	would have been puttering
he;she;it	would have been puttering
we	would have been puttering
you	would have been puttering
they	would have been puttering

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'putter'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'putter'

butter, futter, gutter, mutter, patter, phutter, pitter, potter, sputter, utter,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dawdle: loiter, loaf, dilly-dally, fritter, poke, doodle, loll
dabble: tinker, fiddle, play, potter, toy, trifle, busy

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Alteration of potter.

Sample Sentences

We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock. [1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, pages 304–305:]