put-put
or putt-putt
[ puht-puht, -puht ]
/ ˈpʌtˈpʌt, -ˌpʌt /
noun
the sound made by a small internal-combustion engine or imitative of its operation.
Informal.
a small internal-combustion engine, or something, as a boat or model airplane, equipped with one: the sound of distant put-puts on the lake.
verb (used without object), put-put·ted, put-put·ting.
Informal.
to operate with sounds suggesting a put-put, as a small motor or motor-driven device.
Origin of put-put
First recorded in 1900–05; imitative
Words nearby put-put
put your foot in your mouth,
put-and-take,
put-down,
put-on,
put-out,
put-put,
put-up,
put-up job,
put-upon,
putamen,
putangitangi
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British Dictionary definitions for put-put
put-put
/ (ˈpʌtˌpʌt) informal /
noun
a light chugging or popping sound, as made by a petrol engine
a vehicle powered by an engine making such a sound
verb -puts, -putting or -putted
(intr)
to make or travel along with such a sound