Synonyms for putts
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : puht |
| Phonetic Transcription : pÊŒt |
Définition of putts
Origin :- 1510s, Scottish, "to push, shove," a special use and pronunciation of put (v.). Golfing sense is from 1743. Meaning "to throw" (a stone, as a demonstration of strength) is from 1724; this also is the putt in shot putting. Related: Putted; putting.
- As in leggings : noun gaiters
- The corner was turned at the fifth, where I took four putts.
- Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
- She putts 'er 'and over 'er 'eart: 'It 'urts me,' she says; 'but 'twill sune be better,' she says.
- Extract from : « Five Tales » by John Galsworthy
- To reach the green is one distinct feat; to hole out in two putts, when one has got there, is another.
- Extract from : « The Golf Courses of the British Isles » by Bernard Darwin
- Thus, take the case of Sherlock, who putts extremely well and consistently.
- Extract from : « The Happy Golfer » by Henry Leach
- His driving was as long as Vardon's, and he was the straightest of all, while he missed some putts by half-inches.
- Extract from : « The Happy Golfer » by Henry Leach
- Both "putts" (in quoted material) and "puts" (in author's voice) were present in the original.
- Extract from : « The Soul of Golf » by Percy Adolphus Vaile
- Each tee shot was right, but Vardon and Ray were poor on the green and took three putts, while the American was down in one less.
- Extract from : « The Happy Golfer » by Henry Leach
- He strokes the ball into the hole as though it were the simplest thing to do; easily and gracefully he putts it in.
- Extract from : « The Happy Golfer » by Henry Leach
- Sharpe, being command't in chiefe, putts a commander of the May flower one Jno.
- Extract from : « Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period » by Various
- So Tukkey he putts 'em on an' moseys down ter de branch ter look at hisse'f in de water.
- Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) » by Various
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- putty
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