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putt-putt

putt-putt verb: of a motorised vehicle, to move with a repeated emission of small explosive pops from the exhaust.

Verb

putt-putt (third-person singular simple present putt-putts, present participle putt-putting, simple past and past participle putt-putted)

  1. Of a motorised vehicle, to move with a repeated emission of small explosive pops from the exhaust.

Noun

putt-putt (uncountable)

  1. An informal form of golf, played with a putter on a short course featuring novelty obstacles.

Synonyms of putt-putt

Forms of putt-putt

third-person singular presentputt-putts
present participleputt-putting
past participleputt-putted
pastputt-putted
alternative formput-put

Origin of putt-putt

Reduplication of putt.

Shortened form of Putt-Putt Golf, from the American company and recreational facility named Putt-Putt Fun Center.

Questions about putt-putt

What does putt-putt mean?
Putt-putt means of a motorised vehicle, to move with a repeated emission of small explosive pops from the exhaust.
What part of speech is putt-putt?
Putt-putt can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of putt-putt?
The past tense of putt-putt is putt-putted.

Words near putt-putt in the dictionary

  1. putschism
  2. putschist
  3. putschists
  4. putt
  5. putt from the rough
  6. putt-putt
  7. putt-putted
  8. putt-putting
  9. putt-putts
  10. Putta Bucca
  11. puttable

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