Definition of "putt" []

• A light golf stroke made on the putting green in an effort to place the ball into the hole. (noun)
• To hit (a golf ball) with a light stroke on the green. (verb-transitive)
• To putt a golf ball. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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