putt

noun

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

Examples of putt in a Sentence

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Near those boundaries, microscopic changes in pace or line flip the result, explaining why near-identical putts can alternate between agony and ecstasy. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 And the resulting 35-yard field goal try — a six-inch gimmie putt in the modern NFL — wobbles wide right. Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025 This necessitated a one-hole playoff, which Morrow won after sinking a par putt to give Xaverian the individual state champion as well. Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025 This isn’t like missing a 2-foot putt, or getting posterized, or letting a groundball squeak through your legs or blowing a tire on the ice. Zak Keefer, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for putt

Word History

Etymology

Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put

First Known Use

circa 1754, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of putt was circa 1754

Cite this Entry

“Putt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/putt. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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putt

noun
: a golf stroke made to cause the ball to roll into or near the hole
putt verb

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