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putt

[puht]Golf.
verb (used with or without object)
  1. to strike (the ball) gently so as to make it roll along the green into the hole.
noun
  1. an act of putting.
  2. 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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Examples from the Web for putted

Historical Examples of putted

  • Never in my life have I putted better than I did in those two rounds.

  • Three times has he putted his way to the final of the championship, and once has he won it.

  • It was sheltered from all observation and he putted for a few minutes.

  • Old Sharon Whipple, the player who putted, never knew that above him had gone a thing he had very lately said could never be.

    The Wrong Twin

    Harry Leon Wilson

  • I putted two men fr'm Roscommon in wan day, an' they had to be took home on a dure.

British Dictionary definitions for putted

putt

noun
  1. a stroke on the green with a putter to roll the ball into or near the hole
verb
  1. 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 putted

putt

v.

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.

putt

n.

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

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