potter

[pot·ter]

A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln

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One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.

Noun
a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter''s wheel and bakes them it a kiln

Verb
move around aimlessly

Verb
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

Verb
work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"

n.
One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.

n.
One who hawks crockery or earthenware.

n.
One who pots meats or other eatables.

n.
The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.

v. i.
To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.

v. i.
To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.

v. t.
To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother.

Potter

Pot"ter , n. [Cf. F. potier.] 1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. Ps. ii. 9.

The potter heard, and stopped his wheel.

2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey. 3. One who pots meats or other eatables. 4. (Zo'94l.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin. Potter's asthma (Med.), emphysema of the lungs; -- so called because very prevalent among potters. Parkers. -- Potter's clay. See under Clay. -- Potter's field, a public burial place, especially in a city, for paupers, unknown persons, and criminals; -- so named from the field south of Jerusalem, mentioned in Matt. xxvii. 7. -- Potter's ore. See Alquifou. -- Potter's wheel, a horizontal revolving disk on which the clay is molded into form with the hands or tools. "My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel." Shak. Potter wasp (Zo'94l.), a small solitary wasp (Eumenes fraternal) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larv'91, such as cankerworms, as food for its young.

Potter

Pot"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pottered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pottering.] [Cf. W. pwtio to poke, or OD. poteren to search one thoroughly, Sw. p'86ta, peta, to pick, E. pother, put.] 1. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.

Pottering about the Mile End cottages.

2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.

Potter

Pot"ter, v. t. To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.

To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.

To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother.

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Usage Examples

So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.

And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.

And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. You're suddenly hip.

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Other Usage Examples

When I first started acting I was about nine years old. I had never been to audition in my life and my agent sent me out. It was just a commercial for 'Harry Potter.' That was the first thing I ever went out for and I got the 'Harry Potter' commercial which was really cool, but I didn't play Harry Potter.

I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can't really move from it: it's on buses, in stores, it's everywhere. One of my kids has read the books the other two are too small but they like the movies.

And religion causes most of the problems, war, and economics of course, and study your history or you're going to repeat it and if you're burning a Harry Potter book you need some serious counseling, you don't get it, you're missing the whole point.

Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it.