Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - potter

~1 n 1 someone who makes pots, dishes etc out of clay  (- see also pottery) 2 have a potter/go for a potter spoken to move around a place in a slow unhurried way ~2 also potter about/around ~ v BrE to spend time doing pleasant things that are not important without hurrying; putter2 AmE  (I spent the morning pottering about in the garden.) - potterer n