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putter1 /ˈpʌtə /noun1A golf club designed for use in putting, typically with a flat-faced mallet-like head.To use the long putter, place the top of the grip against your sternum with your left hand....- But when I go with the belly putter, everything seems to be right.
- Second, he imagines that the putter shaft is a giant pencil.
2 [with adjective] A golfer considered in terms of their skill at putting: you’ll need to be a good putter to break par...- The polish to being a good putter comes from having a regular putting routine.
- You probably are not a very good putter unless you have a really good attitude.
- Once he becomes a better putter, there will be no stopping him.
Rhymes footer putter2 /ˈpʌtə /nounThe rapid intermittent sound of a small petrol engine: the putter of an old aeroplane...- We puttered our way along up Haight St., browsed in Booksmith (excellent bookstore) and then walked back to the car via the rose garden.
- We haul our camera and camping gear, all 600 pounds of it, onto a tiny rubber dinghy and putter out to his boat.
- Then we climb back into our SUVs and putter away.
verb [no object]Move with or make a puttering sound: barges puttered slowly through the water...- By the time we putter slowly down the Sound of Jura, the clouds have cleared and the day has revealed itself to be a classic.
- The conversation slowly puttered back, like a stalling car, and we were cruising again.
- There is a long road ahead to be sure, but the Carly Fiorina engine which many expected to backfire seems to be puttering along okay.
Origin putter3 /ˈpʌtə /verb North American term for potter1.He had more confidence to get about and could do a lot more - it allowed him to potter about in the house, in the garden and the greenhouse....- He is ‘not really into’ nightclubs and is looking for a quiet house ‘with a nice garden, somewhere to potter about like the old boy I am’.
- The employees manning these centres are trained to remain unobtrusive and encourage the visitors to potter about, handling the products on display.
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