What is the difference between putt and putter?
putt | putter | Related terms |
(golf) To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter on (or very near) a putting green.
(onomatopoeia) A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
(British, motorcycling, slang) A motorcycle.
To make a putt sound.
(motorcycling, slang) To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
To move along slowly.
(label) To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.
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, title= (golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.
(golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.
Putter is a related term of putt.
In lang=en terms the difference between putt and putter
is that putt is to lightly strike a golf ball with a putter on (or very near) a putting green while putter is a person who is taking a putt or putting.putt
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Onomatopoeic, from putt-puttNoun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)putter
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Alteration ofVerb
(en verb)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.}}
