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plural putts
(golf) The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green. examples
third-person singular simple present putts, present participle putting, simple past and past participle putted
(golf) To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter. quotations examples
There were the golfers. Was it possible that they were going on with their game? Yes, there was a fellow driving off from a tee, and that other group upon the green were surely putting for the hole.
1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton
(onomatopoeia) A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines. examples
(Britain, motorcycling, slang) A motorcycle.
To make a putting sound. examples
(motorcycling, slang) To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
To move along slowly. examples
third-person singular simple present putts, present participle putting, simple past and past participle putt
Obsolete form of put. quotations examples
We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.
c. 1691, John Aubrey, Naturall Historie of Wiltshire