putt
[puht]Golf.
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verb (used with or without object)
to strike (the ball) gently so as to make it roll along the green into the hole.
noun
an act of putting.
a stroke made in putting.
Origin of putt
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Contemporary Examples of putt
Titanic once bet $10,000 that Nick (the Greek) Dandolos, another high operator, would not sink a 25-foot putt.
Historical Examples of putt
Putt when Nature says "No further," then it is no coot snapping your fingers in her face.
Strife (First Series Plays)John Galsworthy
I putt my wits in soak, an' soon I spotted the guilty party.
Sue, A Little HeroineL. T. Meade
"You aren't going to win all the holes," he said grudgingly, as he ran down his putt.
Once a WeekAlan Alexander Milne
We should putt our hoipe and trust in God onlie, and no other thing.
And then by and by, he was putt upoun the gibbet, and hanged, and there brynt to poulder.
putt
noun
verb
Word Origin for putt
C16: of Scottish origin; related to put
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