putt¹ /put/

1. To hurl (a shot, stone or weight) in the sport of putting the shot (also put /put or pŭt/ (see put¹)
2. To hit (a golf ball) with a putter so that it rolls along the ground and towards, ideally into, the hole (also archaic put /put/)

To make a putt or putts

(in combination with a number) to take a given number of putts to put the ball in the hole, as in he four-putted (at) the last hole

1. A throw (also put /put or pŭt/ (see put¹)
2. A stroke made with a putter on, or sometimes near, a putting green (golf)

puttˈer noun

1. Someone who putts or can putt
2. A usu short-handled golf-club with an upright striking-face, used in putting

puttˈing noun

1. The exercise of hurling a heavy weight (also putting the shot (see under put¹); Scot)
2. The act or art of making a putt (golf)
3. A game played with putters and golf balls on a small course with several holes

puttˈing-cleek noun

An old-fashioned putter of cleek design, the blade long and narrow, running straight from the shaft

putting green noun

1. The turf, made firm and smooth for putting, round each of the holes of a golf course
2. A small golf course with several holes for practice or for putting as an informal game

puttˈing-stone see under put¹

putt out

To complete a hole in a round of golf by putting the ball into the hole

putt² or put /put/

An old card game like nap

putt³ or put /put/ (archaic)

1. A greenhorn
2. A bumpkin

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