Definition of "put-put" []

• Slang A small gasoline engine. (noun)
• Slang A vehicle, such as a boat, that is operated by a small gasoline engine. (noun)

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• "(* Kudos are redeemable for Fun-Bux, which are redeemable for gold stars, which can be redeemed for 1/2 off a frozen yogurt at your local put-put golf establishment)"
• "Obviously it meanders at a slow pace to some second rate put-put golf course."
• "Unable to find the press staff, hungry, and clearly too early for the story, your correspondent ducked out and strolled along the nearby San Antonio Riverwalk, a parallel reality with little put-put tourist boats going by where nobody seemed aware that a presidential candidate was about to stop nearby (and nor was anyone there campaigning to rope them in)."