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Putt vs Putz - What's the difference?

putt | putz |

In lang=en terms the difference between putt and putz

is that putt is to lightly strike a golf ball with a putter on (or very near) a putting green while putz is waste time.

putt

English

Etymology 1

(en)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (golf) The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (golf) To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter on (or very near) a putting green.
    • Related terms
    * pitch and putt * putter * putting green

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic, from putt-putt

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a putt sound.
  • (motorcycling, slang) To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
  • To move along slowly.

    • putz

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , modern German putzen.

    Noun

    (es)
  • (slang) fool, idiot
  • (slang) jerk
  • (slang) penis
    • Derived terms
    * putzhead, putz-head, putz head

    Verb

    (es)
  • (slang) waste time
    • Stop putzing around.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) putz; compare archaic German . Compare the above.

    Alternative forms

    * Putz

    Noun

    (es)
  • A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree.
  • * 1995 , Joe L. Wheeler, Christmas in My Heart , Book 4, pages 12-13:
    • The American custom of erecting a putz' seems to have originated with the Moravians but the custom long ago spread to non-Moravian households. Essentially, the ' putz is a landscape, built on the floor or on a table or portable platform.
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