putt
/pʌt
/verb (putts, putting, putted) [no object]
Try to hit a golf ball into the hole by striking it gently so that it rolls across the green: the man who can putt is a match for anyone (as noun putting) his putting was as consistent and accurate as before [with object]: there is nothing left to do except putt the ball in the hole...
- The player must try to remember what it felt like when he putted well.
- To win you have to be able to putt well for the whole week.
- Golf has undergone revolutionary changes since John Reid putted his first ball in 1779.
noun
A gentle stroke that hits a golf ball across the green towards the hole: he hit a four-iron to 20 ft and holed the putt a three-foot putt...
- So before a round, always practice long putts, stroking the ball the length or width of the practice green.
- In Fitsum's case, his jabby stroke caused him to hit putts well past the hole.
- Focus on swinging back and through the same amount, lengthening your stroke as the putts get longer.
Origin
Mid 17th century (originally Scots): differentiated from put.
Rhymes
- falterer
- falteringly
- Falun Dafa
- Falun Gong
- Falwell, Jerry
- fam
- fam.
- fame
- famed
- familia
- familial
- familially
- familial Mediterranean fever
- familiar
- familiar angel
- familiar devil
- familiarise
- familiarism
- familiarity
- familiarity breeds contempt
- familiarization
- familiarize
- familiarly
- familiar name
- familiarness