putt Synonyms & Antonyms
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Putt as a Noun
The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
A motorcycle.
Small cart.
Putt as a Verb
To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter.
To make a putting sound.
To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
To move along slowly.
Obsolete form of put.
To place something somewhere.
She put her books on the table.
To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
He is putting all his energy into this one task.
To exercise a put option.
He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.
To express something in a certain manner.
When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.
To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
To attach or attribute; to assign.
to put a wrong construction on an act or expression
To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
to put a question; to put a case
To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
Putt in a Sentence
She put her books on the table.
He is putting all his energy into this one task.
He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.
When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.
to put a wrong construction on an act or expression
to put a question; to put a case
Word Forms & Grammar
putt (plural putts)
putt (third-person singular simple present putts, present participle putting, simple past and past participle putted)
putt (third-person singular simple present putts, present participle putting, simple past and past participle putt)
Words That Rhyme With Putt
Origin of Putt
Origin 1: Borrowed from Scots putt (“to put”).[1] Compare Middle Dutch putten (“to dig a pit”). The Old English putian (“to push; thrust; put; place”) derivation is commonly assumed, although no longer valid. In Dutch, the word is instanced in a description of golf in an early seventeenth-century edition of Pieter van Afferden's Tyrocinium linguae latinae.[2] All derive from Proto-Germanic *putōną.
Origin 2: Onomatopoeic, from putt-putt.
Origin 3: Probable variant of pot (“vessel”) or butt (“cask”).
Putt at a Glance
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /pʌt/ |
| Meaning | The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green |
| Plural | putts |
| Verb forms | putts, putting, putted |
Frequently Asked Questions About Putt
Is putt a noun or a verb?
Putt is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
What is the plural of putt?
The plural of putt is putts.
What is the past tense of putt?
The past tense of putt is putted. The present participle is putting.