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putt-putt1 definition

☆ putt·-putt (put′put′)

noun

the chugging sounds made by the engine of a motorboat, motorbike, etc.

Etymology: echoic

intransitive verb putt-putted putt′·-putt′ed, putt-putting putt′·-putt′ing

to make, move along, or operate with such sounds
putt-putt2 definition

putt·-putt (put′put′)

noun

a game of miniature golf, or the course it is played on

Etymology: < Putt-Putt Golf Course, a trademark

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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