pooter

English

Etymology 1

Noun

pooter (plural pooters)

1. A glass jar used for collecting small insects etc; it has two tubes, one (protected by a gauze) which is sucked, the other up which the insect is drawn.

   Synonym: aspirator

Verb

pooter (third-person singular simple present pooters, present participle pootering, simple past and past participle pootered)

1. To capture (insects) with a pooter.

Etymology 2

Verb

pooter (third-person singular simple present pooters, present participle pootering, simple past and past participle pootered)

1. To move about aimlessly; to potter around.

Anagrams

• proteo-, troope