putt-putt

[ puht-puht, -puht ]
/ ˈpʌtˈpʌt, -ˌpʌt /
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noun, verb (used without object)

put-put.

Words nearby putt-putt

putrid, putrilage, putsch, putschist, putt, putt-putt, puttee, putter, putti-platt operation, puttie, puttier

Definition for putt-putt (2 of 2)

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 related to putt-putt

generator, tool, appliance, instrument, motor, weapon, transformer, diesel, turbine, cylinder, apparatus, means, pot, mechanism, fan, contrivance, agent, dynamo, barrel, implement

Example sentences from the Web for putt-putt

  • Above the patter of the rain he heard the putt-putt of a motor launch.

    The Pagan Madonna |Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for putt-putt

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