Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A light golf stroke made on the putting green in an effort to place the ball into the hole.
- intransitive verb To hit (a golf ball) with a light stroke on the green.
- intransitive verb To putt a golf ball.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
put . - In golf-playing, to play with a putter; play when the ball lies at a short distance from the hole.
- noun In golf-playing, a stroke made with a putter, or made in attempting to hole a ball.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb (Golf) To make a putt.
- noun (Golf) A stroke made on the putting green to play the ball into a hole.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun golf The act of tapping a
golf ball lightly on aputting green . - verb golf To lightly
strike a golf ball with a putter on (or very near) a putting green. - noun onomatopoeia A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
- noun UK, motorcycling, slang A motorcycle.
- verb To make a putt sound.
- verb motorcycling, slang To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
- verb To move along slowly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter
- verb hit a putt
- noun hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Dineen has a small engine, which he calls a putt-putt, that he rides the rails on.
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Slocum, who won the opening playoff event last year against a cast of stars, ran off three birdies in four holes around the turn to reach 15 under until a three-putt from the fringe below a steep ridge on the 13th changed everything.
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British notes: Westwood again is one putt from a playoff
British notes: Westwood again is one putt from a playoff 2009
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British notes: Westwood again is one putt from a playoff - USATODAY. com
British notes: Westwood again is one putt from a playoff 2009
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Eagle on No. 13, on a 66-foot putt from the next zip code.
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In Thursday's round, he made a 60-foot, circus-like putt from the fringe that basically did a U-turn before disappearing into the cup.
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Clark overcame a double bogey at No. 5 by holing a par putt from the fringe on the 18th for a 1-under 71.
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He had three birdies on the front side, made an 18-foot eagle putt from the fringe at the par-5 12th hole to get to 16 under, then took a one-shot lead over Hjertstedt and Rollins with a birdie on the next hole.
USATODAY.com - Rollins' final-round rally wins B.C. Open 2006
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His playing partner, DiMarco, had a downhill putt from the same area just before Mickelson's turn to putt.
USATODAY.com - Mickelson wins first major in thriller at Masters 2004
vendingmachine commented on the word putt
The putt is generally associated as an alarm and usually means a turkey has seen or heard something and is signaling danger.
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March 15, 2015