: a golf stroke made on a putting green to cause the ball to roll into or near the hole
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But the South African professional rolled in his putt perfectly and pumped his fist in triumph.—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025 Some of you may even recall a weekly putt putt tour that was televised on this type of course.—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 By the end, Happy has his groove back, demonstrating his famous power swing and once again sinking the winning putt, which is done on a spinning green but still feels easy compared to the climactic moment from the original.—Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 28 July 2025 In one of the film's most surprising sequences, his character golfs the best game of his life during a terrifying storm, misses a putt, curses God, and gets struck by lightning.—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for putt
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Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put
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