Initially appears to be an activity without purpose; after closer examination, it is a mundane task or job done with playful enjoyment.
Jimmy's wadding up his dirty clothes, 'shooting hoops' into the laundry basket.

Jimmy's mom: "Will you stop ottering and bring me that hamper! I need to get the laundry done!"
by deerex August 17, 2010
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A sexual position where the female lays on top of the male, belly to belly and the male inserts his penis inside the females vagina
Ayo Jon I know you gave that German girl the otter the other day”
by Triggz16 December 28, 2020
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A gay man who is very hairy all over his body, but is smaller in frame and weighs considerably less than a bear.
"Larry is an otter, and he likes to date bears or other otters."
by Kyle December 06, 2003
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Because I am a skinny, hairy gay man, I refer to myself as an otter.

I am an otter.
by Amy Noo July 28, 2006
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Ottered, the word for when you both want to be flattered and offended.
"I'm flattered, but offended. . . What's the word again"
"You mean Ottered, right?"
"Yes! Thank you."
by FansGoPop January 30, 2020
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a furry semiaquatic mammal in in the same family as wolverines

also a term in the gay community for a lean muscular man with scruff and mild to significant body hair (neither a twink nor a bear but not to be confused with a “cub”)
As an otter people outside the gay community tend to ask me if I’m a bear because of the hair on my chest and belly.
by Brooklyn Gay August 20, 2019
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