potter

Meanings

Noun

• One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
• One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
• One who pots meats or other eatables.
• One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
• The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris (species) .
• The chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia (species).

Verb

• To act in a vague or unmotivated way; to fuss about with unimportant things.
• To move slowly or aimlessly. (Often potter about, potter around.)
• To poke repeatedly.

Related

Similar words

• northern red-bellied cooter
• ceramicist

Origin

• From Middle English pottere, from late Old English pottere ("potter"), equivalent to pot + -er, influenced by Old French potier ("potter"). More at pot. Displaced .
• Frequentative of pote, equivalent to pote + -er. Cognate with Dutch poteren, peuteren.