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

1735–45; orig. Scots, variant of put

Can be confusedput putt (see synonym study at put)

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Related Words for putt

chaps, puttees, buskins

Examples from the Web for putt

Contemporary Examples of putt

Titanic once bet $10,000 that Nick (the Greek) Dandolos, another high operator, would not sink a 25-foot putt.
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man
John Lardner
May 17, 2014

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 Heroine
L. T. Meade
"You aren't going to win all the holes," he said grudgingly, as he ran down his putt.
Once a Week
Alan Alexander Milne
We should putt our hoipe and trust in God onlie, and no other thing.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)
John Knox
And then by and by, he was putt upoun the gibbet, and hanged, and there brynt to poulder.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)
John Knox

British Dictionary definitions for putt

putt

noun

a stroke on the green with a putter to roll the ball into or near the hole

verb

to strike (the ball) in this way

Word Origin for putt

C16: of Scottish origin; related to put

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Word Origin and History for putt

1510s, Scottish, "to push, shove," a special use and pronunciation of put (v.). Golfing sense is from 1743. Meaning "to throw" (a stone, as a demonstration of strength) is from 1724; this also is the putt in shot putting. Related: Putted; putting.

c.1300, "a putting, pushing, shoving, thrusting," special use and pronunciation of put (n.). Golfing sense is from 1743.