putters around
Does small tasks
To putter around is to occupy oneself with minor tasks in an unhurried, aimless way: He spent Saturday puttering around the garage.
The activity suggests pleasant idleness rather than productivity—tinkering, tidying, or moving from one small task to another without urgency.
British English uses potter instead of putter.
- wandersMoves without fixed course
- pottering aboutIdle, unhurried activity
- tinkersMeddles amateurishly with mechanisms
- dawdlesMoves unnecessarily slowly
- lingersRemains beyond expected time
no rush · unhurried · paces · dabbles · fiddles · aimless · strolls · lazy Sunday · dillydallies · futzes · kills time · casual · homebound · idle · taking it easy · relaxed · nonchalant · exploratory
purposefulness and intensity of activity
putters aroundbuckles down
Begins concentrated effort
gets down to business · labors · toils · hustles · powers through