puttering around
Doing small tasks
Puttering around is occupying oneself with small, unhurried tasks without any particular urgency or purpose.
It suggests pleasant aimlessness—fixing things, tidying up, moving from one minor activity to another: I spent Saturday puttering around the garage.
The British equivalent is pottering about.
- sweepingExtensive and far-reaching
- wateringSupplying with moisture
- dustingRemoving surface grime
- polishingSmoothing by friction
- moseyingWalking slowly, aimlessly
dawdling · folding · tinkering · sorting · ambling · fussing · tidying · potting · mending · noodling · pottering about · whittling · killing time · futzing · fiddling · brushing · planting · fixing
puttering aroundgetting down to business
Focusing on the task
buckling down · nose to the grindstone · mission-driven · goal-oriented · on a mission
puttering aroundtoiling
Working strenuously, exhaustingly
grinding · laboring · sprinting · hustling · slaving away
puttering aroundgetting things done
Accomplishing tasks effectively
making progress · making headway · delivering · executing · performing