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Definition of putt-putt - 3 dictionary results

putt-putt

[puht-puht, -puht]
–noun, verb (used without object)
put-put.

put-put

[puht-puht, -puht] noun, verb, -put⋅ted, -put⋅ting.
–noun
1. the sound made by a small internal-combustion engine or imitative of its operation.
2. Informal. a small internal-combustion engine, or something, as a boat or model airplane, equipped with one: the sound of distant put-puts on the lake.
–verb (used without object)
3. Informal. to operate with sounds suggesting a put-put, as a small motor or motor-driven device.
Also, putt-putt.


Origin:
1900–05; imit.
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Main Entry:  putt-putt
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  miniature golf
Usage:  also verb 'to play miniature golf'
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