Golf a shot made on the putting green in an attempt to roll the ball into the hole
Origin of putt
from put, verb to hit (the ball) in making a putt
putt
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putt
noun
A light golf stroke made on the putting green in an effort to place the ball into the hole.
verb
putt·ed, putt·ing, puttsverb
transitiveTo hit (a golf ball) with a light stroke on the green.
verb
intransitiveTo putt a golf ball.
Origin of putt
Variant of putTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural putts)
- (golf) The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present putts, present participle putting, simple past and past participle putted)
- (golf) To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter on (very near) a putting green.
Noun
(plural putts)
- (onomatopoeia) A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
- (UK, motorcycling, slang) A motorcycle.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present putts, present participle putting, simple past and past participle putted)
- To make a putt sound.
- (motorcycling, slang) To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
- To move along slowly.
Origin
See also: putOnomatopoeic, from putt-putt
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