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putt

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. putt (noun)
  2. putt-putt (noun)
  3. skew putt (noun)
  4. put-put (noun)
  5. put-put (verb)

putt

noun \ˈpət\

Definition of PUTT

: a golf stroke made on a putting green to cause the ball to roll into or near the hole
— putt verb
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Origin of PUTT

Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put
First Known Use: 1743

Rhymes with PUTT

but, butt, cut, glut, gut, hut, jut, mutt, nut, rut, scut, shut, slut, smut, soot, strut, tut, ut, what

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