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

Iputter
youputter
he;she;itputters
weputter
youputter
theyputter

Perfect

Ihave puttered
youhave puttered
he;she;ithas puttered
wehave puttered
youhave puttered
theyhave puttered

Past

Iputtered
youputtered
he;she;itputtered
weputtered
youputtered
theyputtered

Pluperfect

Ihad puttered
youhad puttered
he;she;ithad puttered
wehad puttered
youhad puttered
theyhad puttered

Future

Iwill putter
youwill putter
he;she;itwill putter
wewill putter
youwill putter
theywill putter

Future Perfect

Iwill have puttered
youwill have puttered
he;she;itwill have puttered
wewill have puttered
youwill have puttered
theywill have puttered

Subjunctive

Present

Iputter
youputter
he;she;itputter
weputter
youputter
theyputter

Perfect

Ihave puttered
youhave puttered
he;she;ithave puttered
wehave puttered
youhave puttered
theyhave puttered

Imperfect

Iputtered
youputtered
he;she;itputtered
weputtered
youputtered
theyputtered

Pluperfect

Ihad puttered
youhad puttered
he;she;ithad puttered
wehad puttered
youhad puttered
theyhad puttered

Conditional

Present

Iwould putter
youwould putter
he;she;itwould putter
wewould putter
youwould putter
theywould putter

Perfect

Iwould have puttered
youwould have puttered
he;she;itwould have puttered
wewould have puttered
youwould have puttered
theywould have puttered

Imperative

youputter
weLet's putter
youputter

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam puttering
youare puttering
he;she;itis puttering
weare puttering
youare puttering
theyare puttering

Perfect

Ihave been puttering
youhave been puttering
he;she;ithas been puttering
wehave been puttering
youhave been puttering
theyhave been puttering

Past

Iwas puttering
youwere puttering
he;she;itwas puttering
wewere puttering
youwere puttering
theywere puttering

Pluperfect

Ihad been puttering
youhad been puttering
he;she;ithad been puttering
wehad been puttering
youhad been puttering
theyhad been puttering

Future

Iwill be puttering
youwill be puttering
he;she;itwill be puttering
wewill be puttering
youwill be puttering
theywill be puttering

Future Perfect

Iwill have been puttering
youwill have been puttering
he;she;itwill have been puttering
wewill have been puttering
youwill have been puttering
theywill have been puttering

Conditional

Present

Iwould be puttering
youwould be puttering
he;she;itwould be puttering
wewould be puttering
youwould be puttering
theywould be puttering

Perfect

Iwould have been puttering
youwould have been puttering
he;she;itwould have been puttering
wewould have been puttering
youwould have been puttering
theywould 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:]