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putter1 nounputter2 verb putterput‧ter1 /ˈpʌtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] putter1Origin: 1700-1800 putt - A £19.95 investment in a Blackjack putter is the catalyst which has brought about a change in fortune for Davies.
- Avoid grounding your putter head at address should there be any chance of the ball moving.
- Craig Stadler lost his putter on Thursday.
- He grabbed the putter from me and funneled all his temporary hatred for the game into effort and sank that twenty-footer.
- I reminded him about the putter and took possession of it in the car park.
- Manuel had selected a wedge; his caddie was waiting beside the green with his putter.
- My Ray Cook putter has me hitting 2-footers like Ray Charles.
- You have the divot in your left hand and the putter in your right.
► Golfbirdie, nounbirdie, verbbogey, nounbogie, nounbogie, verbbunker, nouncaddy, nouncaddy, verbcup, noundriver, nounfairway, noungolf ball, noungolf club, noungolf course, noungolf links, noungreen, nounhole, nounhole, verbiron, nounloft, verbmishit, verbpar, nounpitch, verbpitch-and-putt, nounpull, nounputt, verbputter, nounputting green, nounround, nounrubber, nounsandtrap, nounsink, verbswing, nountee, nountrap, nounwood, noun a type of golf club (=stick), used to hit the ball a short distance towards or into the holeputter1 nounputter2 verb putterputter2 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] putter2Origin: 1800-1900 potter ‘to putter’ (16-21 centuries), from pote ‘to push’ (11-19 centuries), from Old English potian VERB TABLEputter |
Present | I, you, we, they | putter | | he, she, it | putters | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | puttered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have puttered | | he, she, it | has puttered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had puttered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will putter | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have puttered |
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Present | I | am puttering | | he, she, it | is puttering | | you, we, they | are puttering | Past | I, he, she, it | was puttering | | you, we, they | were puttering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been puttering | | he, she, it | has been puttering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been puttering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be puttering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been puttering |
- But it was a very exclusive part of town and there were always eccentric ladies puttering around at night.
- I think of a boat and a gentle current, and of my days puttering around Squaw Lake.
- In an older child, does he like to run fast or just putter along?
- Soon after Guglielmo Marconi discovered wireless communication, dabblers throughout the world began puttering with transmitters.
- The puttering echoed around us, mixing its hard metallic ringing with the howl of the wind.
► COLOURS & SOUNDSablaze, adjectiveacoustic, adjectiveacoustics, nounaglow, adjectivebaa, verbbabble, verbbabble, nounbabel, nounbaby talk, nounbackfire, verbbackground, nounbang, nounbang, verbbang, interjectionbark, verbbark, nounbattle cry, nounbay, verbbeat, verbbeat, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounblare, verbblast, nounbleat, verbbleep, nounbleep, verbblip, nounbong, nounboom, nounboom, verbbowwow, interjectionbrassy, adjectivebray, verbbrazen, adjectivebreathy, adjectivebubble, verbbump, nounchatter, verbchatter, nounclink, verbclink, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncrackle, verbcrackling, nouncrash, verbcrash, nouncreak, verbcreaky, adjectivecroak, verbcroak, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcrunch, nouncrunch, verbding-dong, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedrone, verbdrone, noundrown, verbdrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrumming, noundull, adjectiveecho, verbecho, nounfizz, verbflat, adjectivefootfall, nounfootstep, nounfusillade, noungrinding, adjectivegroan, verbgroan, noungrunt, verbgrunt, nounguffaw, verbgunshot, nounguttural, adjectivehigh, adjectivehigh, adverbhiss, verbindistinct, adjectiveirregular, adjectivelow, verbmarbled, adjectivematching, adjectivemellow, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemetallic, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmodulate, verbmonotone, nounmoo, verbmurmur, verbmurmur, nounmusical, adjectivemusically, adverbmute, verbnasal, adjectivenoise, nounoink, interjectionoof, interjectionpatter, verbpatter, nounpeal, nounpeal, verbpenetrating, adjectivepercussion, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepulse, nounputter, verbquack, verbquack, nounquaver, nounracket, nounrasp, verbrasp, nounraspberry, nounrat-a-tat, nounrattle, nounraucous, adjectivereedy, adjectivereport, nounresonance, nounresonant, adjectiveresonate, verbresonator, nounresound, verbresounding, adjectivereverberate, verbreverberation, nounrich, adjectivering, nounring, verbringing, adjectiveripple, verbripple, nounroar, nounroaring, adjectiveroll, verbrough, adjectiverustle, verbrustle, nounscratch, verbscratch, nounscream, verbscream, nounscrunch, verbsmoky, adjectivesnarl, verbsoft, adjectivesoft-spoken, adjectivesonorous, adjectivesotto voce, adverbsplosh, verbsweet, adjectiveswoosh, verbtick-tock, nountinny, adjectivetonal, adjectivevivid, adjectivevowel, nounwail, verbweak, adjectivewhack, nounwham, interjectionwhine, verbwhinny, verbwhirr, verbwhistle, verbwhistle, nounyelp, nounyowl, verbzoom, noun ADVERB► around· But it was a very exclusive part of town and there were always eccentric ladies puttering around at night. 1American English (also putter around) to spend time doing things that are not very important in a relaxed way SYN potter British English: I puttered around for a while, cleaning up the kitchen.2American English to walk or move slowly and without hurrying: A little boy puttered along the sidewalk.3British English informal to make the low sound that a vehicle makes when it is moving slowly: A motor boat puttered by. |