Reverse Dictionary: POTTER (trifle)

ADJECTIVES
► CADDLING fussy, fidgety, pottering → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FRIGGING of a person or task: time-wasting; demanding too much time, pottering about→ 18C Brit.
► PATTERIN’ walking or working aimlessly, trifling, pottering → 1828 Sc.
► TIDDLYWINKING trifling, pottering → 1869 sl.

NOUNS
► FRIGGING pottering about → 18C

NOUNS – PERSON
► DAIBLE one who dabbles in or potters with a subject or matter → 1923 Sc.
► TIFFLER a trifler, one who potters about → c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

VERBS
► BANTER ABOUT to potter about, to bustle about → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEAT AROUND to potter, to trifle, to loaf or idle; to gad about; to wander aimlessly → 1960 Amer. dial.
► BOD to do odd jobs; to potter about in a leisurely manner → 1867 Eng. dial.
► BRIGGLE to fuss about ineffectively; to busy oneself without purpose; to potter → 1889 Amer. dial.
► CADDLE to loaf, to loiter, to potter about, to fuss, to trifle → 1892 Eng. dial.
► CAG to idle, to potter about; to do odd jobs → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► COOSTER to idle, to potter around, to fuss → 1895 Amer. dial.
► DADDLE ► DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter → 1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DAP to go; to potter → c1935 Royal Air Force sl.
► DAUBLE to dabble; to employ oneself in a dilettante way to waste time, to potter about → 1748 Sc.
► DOTTER to walk or move unsteadily; to stagger, to totter; to walk or move slowly or aimlessly; to potter → c1475 chiefly Sc.
► FART ABOUT to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly → 1910s sl.
► FART AROUND to dawdle, to mess around, to potter, to waste time in trifling activity; to behave foolishly or aimlessly  → 1931 sl.
► FETTER to potter about → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FIDDLE BITCH to potter aimlessly → 1989 Can. sl.
► FIDFAD to go slowly; to waste time; to fuss, to trifle, to potter about → 1875 Eng. dial.
► FIDUDDLE to potter around → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FIGGLE to potter about seeking a living → 19C Eng. dial.
► FILL-THE-DOOTSY to fiddle around, to potter, to idle, to dawdle → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FOOTLE to talk or act foolishly; to do anything in a feeble or ineffectual manner; to dawdle, to trifle, to potter; to idle, to waste time → 1892 sl.
► FRICKLE to potter about at little jobs, such as an old man can do → 19C Eng. dial.
► FRIG ABOUT to potter about → sl.
► FUDDER to potter, to trifle in a bustling manner → 1824 Sc.
► GAMMOCK to gossip, to idle; to potter, to walk about aimlessly → 1863 Eng. dial.
► GOPHER to wander around, to potter about → 1958 Amer. dial.
► HAIVER ► HAVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge → 1866 Sc.
► JIM AROUND to do odd jobs; to loaf about, to potter, to trifle → 1912 Amer. dial.
► KAG to idle, to potter about; to do odd jobs → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KEEGER ► KIGGER to mix up messily, to mess about, to work in a slovenly, dirty, or ineffective way, to puddle, to potter → 1903 Sc.
► KWEECHER ► QUEECHER to mix up messily, to mess about, to work in a slovenly, dirty, or ineffective way, to puddle, to potter → 1903 Sc.
► MADDLE ALONG to stagger; to move aimlessly about, to potter → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAFFLE to trifle away time; to potter about; to loiter; to act foolishly → 1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NANTLE to work feebly, languidly, or imperfectly; to potter about; to move slowly and feebly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NATTER to work slowly and ineffectually; to potter → 1908 Sc.
► NIDDLE to toy with the fingers, to fiddle about with the hands, esp. at something trifling or futile, to potter → 1808 Sc. 
► PAKE to poke about; to potter about; to peep at → 1893 Eng. dial.
► PAUCHLE to work in an ineffectual way, to bungle, to potter, to trifle → 1965 Sc.
► PESTLE AROUND to putter around; to fuss about → 1937 Amer. dial.
► PIDDLE ► PIDDLE ABOUT ► PIDDLE AROUND to dawdle; to potter; to concern oneself with trifles; to waste one’s time → 1774 Amer. dial.
► PLAY THE WANTON to dally, to trifle, to potter, to waste time in a trifling activity → 1529
► POKE to potter about; to move or work in a desultory, ineffective, or dawdling way; to be slow → 1811
► POODLE to move or travel in a leisurely, indirect, or aimless manner; to potter → 1938 colloq.
► POWTER to potter about; to do trifling simple tasks → Sc. and Irish
► PUDDER to poke or potter about → 1647 US
► PUTTER to trifle away; to waste or lose by pottering → 1911
► PUTZ to occupy oneself in an ineffectual or trifling way; to potter, to fool around; also, to move in a leisurely manner, to meander → 1950 US colloq.
► QUAVER to potter about, to tinker → 1979 UK sl.
► SCRAT ABOUT to potter about; to be busy in a poor, desultory fashion → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TANT to potter or idle about → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child; to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; to trifle, to potter about → 1889 Eng. dial.
► TANTRUN to potter about; to drudge or plod slowly, as old people → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIDDLE to potter; to trifle; to fidget, to fuss → 1747 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
► TIFFLE to busy oneself idly, to ‘fiddle’, to trifle; to potter about → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TIFLE to trifle, to idle, to potter about; to do a little work in a trifling, idle way → 1809 Eng. dial.
► TINKER to trifle, to potter → 1658
► TITTLE to potter; to trifle; to fidget, to fuss → 17C obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
► TRIGGER AROUND to putter, to tinker → 1898 Amer. dial.